What to do when trying harder is not the answer.

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I talk with many health care senior managers and executives. In their most candid moments, they admit to finding it hard to sleep at night. What's keeping them awake? The overwhelming demands of managing 21st century health care.

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Author/s: Kenagy, John W (JW);

Affiliation: Kenagy & Associates, Cambridge, MA, USA. jkenagy(-atsign-)kenagyassociates.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Michigan health & hospitals (Mich Health Hosp), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2003 Jul-Aug; vol 39 (issue 4) : pp 48-50

Dates: Created 2003/07/30; Completed 2003/09/04; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 12886660, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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