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Case
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2013
(Revised from original 2012 version)
Learning About Reducing Hospital Mortality at Kaiser Permanente
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Anita Tucker
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Abstract
In 2011, Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) region's efforts to reduce mortality in their 21 hospitals is showing promise. They developed and launched a region-wide initiative to improve the treatment of sepsis, a serious and often deadly medical condition. The case illustrates the challenges of spreading change in a complex, highly interdependent organization, and presents an alternative framework to traditional management models for addressing such situations. It also asks students to consider how change should be made under conditions of uncertainty, in which best performances remain unknown.
Keywords: Change Management;
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Improvement;
Health Industry;
California;