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Flow chart eases planning process for hospitals.

J C Quinn
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If planning is the key word for hospitals in the next decade, how do their administrators get through the tedious tasks associated with formulating strategy, making purchases or changing directions for individual units? In the following article, the author suggests a methodology to streamline the process and put it in the hands of department managers.

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J C Quinn. 1991. Flow chart eases planning process for hospitals.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10109772/

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