Improving patient outcomes through system change: a focus on the changing roles of healthcare organization executives.

In this article, the authors report on a project that studied the impact of work redesign on the roles of hospital executives. Thirty-six in-depth interviews were conducted with executives from 13 VHA healthcare organizations that were considered excellent practice models in the area of work redesign. This report represents a broad, multidisciplinary perspective reflecting the ideas of various members of the healthcare management team. VHA hired Marie Manthey and Creative Nursing Management, Inc., to conduct the interviews in an objective manner and to assist with results interpretation.