Change management in hospitals: A way to learn from climate change

Abstract

Resolutely a complex and multidisciplinary organization, the hospital is undergoing several inevitable changes. Faced with so many changes and the risk of disappearing, it must transform, rethink and redefine its structures and strategies. Given this, change management is a critical factor in the success of organizational transformation strategies. In this respect, several change management practices have been proposed. Although applicable to any organization, these models and approaches require a perfect understanding of the reality of hospitals, as a change in hospitals is laborious and complicated. The change process in hospitals is still strongly marked by several constraints that handicap the management of change and make it challenging to implement changes. Rightly so, change management in a hospital may be hampered by technological, regulatory, organizational, managerial, or human resource constraints. Change management promotes continuous improvement where each actor must be considered a factor in the transformation of the hospital organization. To achieve this, the path to be followed must include more interaction and questioning, which encourage the learning of actors for the benefit of a learning hospital.