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Establishing a new cardiac surgery service requires detailed planning, effective communication, and teamwork to manage change and avoid potential pitfalls.
Shares lessons learned and potential pitfalls in establishing a new cardiac surgery service in an Australian university hospital.
Planning a new cardiac surgery service underscores change management; leaves open whether these approaches improve outcomes or efficiency in similar settings.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among Australians. Creating and delivering a world-class cardiac surgery service in a cost-effective way is the principle goal of health care organisations and managers. Establishing a new health care service is a unique opportunity and requires detailed planning and implementation. Managing change is pivotal to establishing a new patient-focused health care service, and should be coupled with effective communication and teamwork among all stakeholders. There are foreseen and unforeseen challenges associated with any project so sharing the lessons learned is an important way for others in a similar situation to avoid potential pitfalls.
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Ciobanu et al. (2018) studied Cardiovascular disease. Establishing a new cardiac surgery service was evaluated. Establishing a new cardiac surgery service requires detailed planning, effective communication, and teamwork to manage change and avoid potential pitfalls.
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