Kotter's 8-Step Model
The eight steps include: creating urgency, forming a guiding coalition, building strategic vision, communicating changes, removing barriers, generating short-term wins, sustaining change, and anchoring in organizational culture (OCM Solution, n.d.).
Healthcare Applications
Applications include reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections through hand hygiene improvement (Hu et al., 2022), improving COVID-19 pandemic response (Mayo, 2021), and implementing pediatric delirium screening in PICUs (Kupferschmid & Tripathi, 2021).
References
- Hu, F., et al. (2022). Kotter's 8-step model for hand hygiene. Research Square. https://www.researchsquare.com/
- Kupferschmid, M., & Tripathi, S. (2021). Kotter's stages for delirium screening. Pediatric Quality & Safety, 6(6), e536. https://journals.lww.com/pqs/
- Mayo, M. A. (2021). Pandemic preparation and response. MUSC Theses. https://medica-musc.researchcommons.org/
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