Changing culture in the home health setting: strategies for success.

Home Healthc Nurse

Innovation and Development, Joint Commission Resources, Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois, IL, USA.

Published: February 2007

Organizational culture is generally defined as the internal attributes of the staff, such as their values, beliefs, and attitudes. Although technically accurate as a definition, personal attributes defy direct intervention, leading some to question whether it is possible to change culture. It is proposed that it is possible to change the personal internal attributes that define organizational culture by changing the characteristic structures and behaviors of the organization that shape those attributes. This model, called the Quality Capability Model, creates an approach to culture change that accommodates the unique features of home health.

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