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Learning About Reducing Hospital Mortality at Kaiser Permanente

By: Anita Tucker
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:18
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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

Citation

Tucker, Anita. "Learning About Reducing Hospital Mortality at Kaiser Permanente ." Harvard Business School Case 612-093, April 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
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