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Getting from here to there in health care.(Column)

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From: Physician Executive
Date: 20050301
Author:Fiol, C. Marlena; O'Connor, Edward J.

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to 
conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the 
introduction of a new order of things"--Niccolo Machiavelli, The 
Prince (1) 

Machiavelli's words describe your job as a health care leader in today's rapidly changing environment. Pressure for change is great and failure rates are high. We must change and yet many people lack enthusiasm for both the required outcomes and the process of getting from here to there.

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