Towards a systemic understanding of a hospital waiting list.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to describe persuasive speech and discourses in multi-professional organizational change facilitation meetings at a hospital through rhetorical discourse analysis. Previous research has often considered organizational change to be a managerial issue, with other employees given the r...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Komulainen H,Mertaniemi E,Lunkka N,Jansson N,Meriläinen M,Wiik H,Suhonen M

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of best management practices in an Australian state-run healthcare system, namely New South Wales (NSW), and studies the impact of a range of hospital factors in driving best management practices as a means of enhancing healthcare delivery. Design/...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Agarwal R,Green R,Agarwal N,Randhawa K

更新日期：2016-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Professor Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe speaks to Spotlight editor Sarah Powell about the transformational imperatives of leadership. ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Alimo-Metcalfe B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Following the development of a service that consisted of a "single point of contact" to coordinate end-of-life care (EoLC), including EoLC facilitators and an urgent response team, we aimed to explore whether the provision of coordinated EoLC would support patients being cared or dying in their preferred place ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Efstathiou N,Lock A,Ahmed S,Parkes L,Davies T,Law S

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper presents some key theoretical issues about trust, and seeks to demonstrate their relevance to understanding of, and research on, health systems. Although drawing particularly on empirical evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the paper aims to stimulate thinking across country setti...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Gilson L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to show how elements from queueing theory can be used to obtain objective measures of effective capacity in the triage function at Skaraborg Hospital in Sweden without direct observation of the function itself. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:Approximately 30,000 patients arrived to th...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Lantz B,Rosén P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give a comprehensive and updated analysis of the available literature on hospital dashboards. Design/methodology/approach A search of the current literature was performed by searching electronic databases, including Google Scholar, EBSCO and Medline, as well as books. Findings I...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Buttigieg SC,Pace A,Rathert C

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Improving the performance of health care organizations is now perceived as essential in order to better address the needs of the populations and respect their ability to pay for the services. There is no consensus on what is performance. It is increasingly considered as the optimal execution of four functions ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Lamarche P,Maillet L

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to document everyday practices by which hospitalist physicians negotiate barriers to effective teamwork. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:Ethnographic observation with a sample of hospitalists chosen to represent a range of hospital and practice types. FINDINGS:Hospitals rely on effect...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Chesluk B,Bernabeo E,Reddy S,Lynn L,Hess B,Odhner T,Holmboe E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this article is to provide answers to two questions: what has been the impact of nGMS on practice organisation and teamwork; and how do general practice staff perceive the impact? DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:The article is based on comparative in-depth case studies of four UK practices. FINDING...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Huby G,Guthrie B,Grant S,Watkins F,Checkland K,McDonald R,Davies H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Over the last decade there has been considerable debate about the merits of targets as a policy instrument. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation of two health targets that were cornerstones of New Zealand health policy between 2009 and 2012: immunisation rates for two-year-olds, and time ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Tenbensel T,Chalmers L,Willing E

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper aims to identify variation in the introduction of New Public Management reforms in healthcare and how this variation is related to country-specific healthcare states. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:The analysis uses the introduction of clinical standards in Britain and Germany as cases. The two countri...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Burau V,Fenton L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to explore the way "hybrid" clinical managers in Kenyan public hospitals interpret and enact hybrid clinical managerial roles in complex healthcare settings affected by professional, managerial and practical norms. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:The authors conducted a case study of t...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Nzinga J,McGivern G,English M

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Close collaboration between NHS clinicians and managers is essential in providing effective healthcare, but relationships between the two groups are often poor. Paired learning is a peer-peer buddying tool that can break down barriers, increase knowledge and change attitudes. Paired learning has been used with...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Houston JFB,Morgan JE

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study seeks to undertake a systematic review to consolidate existing empirical evidence on the impact of financial and non-financial incentives on motivation and retention of health workers in Ghana's district hospitals. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:The study employed a purely quantitative design with a sa...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Adzei FA,Atinga RA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse hospital dashboards' visibility of information at different management levels to improve quality and performance in an acute general hospital. Design/methodology/approach Data were generated via 21 semi-structured interviews across different management levels. Findings A...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Pace A,Buttigieg SC

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to introduce the new US health organizations called accountable care organizations (ACOs) which are expected to improve the quality and reduce the cost of healthcare for Medicare enrolees. It assesses the importance of ACOs, defining and articulating the values that will underpin th...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Keren R,Littlejohns P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors draw selectively on theories of learning and knowledge, which currently have received little attention from knowledge translation (KT) researchers, and suggest how they might usefully inform future development of the KT literature. The purpose of this paper is to provide conceptual tools and strateg...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Oborn E,Barrett M,Racko G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this article is to explore factors influencing career deciding amongst pharmacy students and graduates in the U.K. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:Group interviews were used to devise a topic guide for five subsequent focus groups with pharmacy students and graduates. Focus groups were tape-recorded...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Willis SC,Shann P,Hassell K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Public sector interest in methods for priority setting and program or policy evaluation has grown considerably over the last several decades, given increased expectations for accountable and efficient use of resources and emphasis on evidence-based decision making as a component of good management practice. Whi...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Smith N,Mitton C,Cornelissen E,Gibson J,Peacock S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Healthcare systems are increasing in complexity, and to ensure people can use the system effectively, health organizations are increasingly interested in how to take an organizational health literacy (OHL) approach. OHL is a relatively new concept, and there is little evidence about how to successfully implemen...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Meggetto E,Kent F,Ward B,Keleher H

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Primary care cancer lead clinicians (PCCLs) act strategically in primary care trusts (PCTs) in England to improve communication and understanding of cancer across primary and secondary care and provide a link between Cancer Networks and primary care. The aim is to evaluate the first three years of the initiativ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Leese B,Heywood P,Allgar V,Walker R,Darr A,Din I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Organ donation and transplantation services represent a microcosm of modern healthcare organisations. They are complex adaptive systems. They face perpetual problems of matching supply and demand. They operate under fierce time and resource constraints. And yet they have received relatively little attention fro...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Manzano A,Pawson R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aims to investigate the mediating role of organizational subculture between job satisfaction, organizational commitment (dependent variables) and leadership, culture (independent variables) in health care organizations. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:A survey on nurses from 26 wards from various types ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Lok P,Rhodes J,Westwood B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper aims to examine empirically the ways in which workforce knowledge and organisational factors of an implementing agency affected the implementation of health sector administration decentralisation in Ghana with insights from the Nkwanta district health administration. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:This...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Sakyi EK,Awoonor-Williams JK,Adzei FA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Using the example of community access programs (CAPs), the purpose of this paper is to describe resource allocation and policy decisions related to providing health services for the uninsured in the USA and the organizational values affecting these decisions. Design/methodology/approach The study used comparat...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Harrison KL,Taylor HA

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the last five years more and more scholars have drawn on insights from the complexity sciences as a way of understanding the process of managing and organising in the NHS differently. This paper aims to describe working methods derived from the theory of complex responsive processes, a more radical interpret...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Mowles C,van der Gaag A,Fox J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Research on patient safety campaigns has mostly concentrated on large-scale multi-organisation efforts, yet locally led improvement is increasingly promoted. The purpose of this paper is to characterise the design and implementation of an internal patient safety campaign at a large acute National Health Service...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Ozieranski P,Robins V,Minion J,Willars J,Wright J,Weaver S,Martin GP,Woods MD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Worldwide, there is significant growth in the cost of (and demand for) healthcare, which often clashes with a requirement to contain expenditure. This duality leads to an increasing need for a systematic approach to disinvestment in health technologies. The purpose of this paper is to consider the challenges a...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Day RT,Norman R,Robinson S

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between gossip and emotion in health-care organizations. It draws on findings from empirical research exploring the characteristics and function of gossip which, to date, has been a relatively under-researched organizational phenomenon. DESIGN/METHODOLOG...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Waddington K,Fletcher C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00