"Exposing the cracks": Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and the Hong Kong health system.

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:As healthcare often is studied in relation to operational rather than socio-technical aspects of Lean such as teamwork, the purpose of this paper is to explore how a Swedish hospital Lean intervention was related to changes in teamwork over time. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:Teamwork was measured with the Group...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Ulhassan W,Westerlund H,Thor J,Sandahl C,Schwarz Uv

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is, for English acute NHS hospitals, to investigate how they operate their governance systems in the area of secondary care contracting and identify the key determinants of relationship building within the contacting/commissioning of secondary care focusing upon non-price competitive b...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Gray K,Bailey MF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to examine a bold and ambitious scheme known as the North East transformation system (NETS). The principal aim of the NETS is the achievement of a step-change in the quality of health services delivered to people living in the North East region of England. The paper charts the origi...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Hunter DJ,Erskine J,Small A,McGovern T,Hicks C,Whitty P,Lugsden E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to develop a causal model that explains the antecedents and mediating factors predicting the organizational commitment of healthcare employees in different work roles. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:This study tests an integrative causal model that consists of a number of direct and i...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Caykoylu S,Egri CP,Havlovic S,Bradley C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to investigate how three communication interventions commonly used during discharge planning and care transitions enable inter-professional knowledge sharing and learning as a foundation for more integrated working. These interventions include information communication systems, dedi...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Waring J,Bishop S,Marshall F,Tyler N,Vickers R

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper analyses how neighbourhood governance of social care affects the scope for frontline workers to address health inequities of older ethnic minorities. We critically discuss how an area-based, generic approach to service provision limits and enables frontline workers' efforts to reach out to ethnic min...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Carlsson H,Pijpers R

更新日期：2020-12-23 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 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:Seeks to explore the brokerage role of facilities manager in hospitals, based on the premise that facilities management (FM) is largely concerned with "strategic brokerage". Strategic brokerage is the term coined by Akhaghi to explain the integration of a wide range of support services to ensure the effective o...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Heng HK,McGeorge WD,Loosemore M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Older patients are at high risk of hospital readmission, which has led to an increasing number of screening and intervention programs. Knowledge on implementing screening tools for preventing readmissions in emergency department (ED), where the primary focus is often the present-day flow of patients, is scant. ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Kirk J,Andersen O,Petersen J

更新日期：2019-08-08 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:The purpose of the study is to examine how Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) in the English National Health Service (NHS) commissioning bodies experienced their role and contribution to governance. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 31 NEDs of Primary ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Tweed J,Wallace LM

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise of evidence-based medicine and more recently evidence-based policy reflect the increasing importance of evidence as a basis for the organisation and delivery of health care. Evidence-based practice is central to the "modernisation" of health care in current UK policy. The latest manifestation of this process ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Hewison A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital waiting lists are a feature of publicly funded health services that result when demand appears to exceed supply. While much has been written about surgical waiting lists, little is known about the dynamics of radiology waiting lists, which is surprising given that rational treatment, and indeed the medical pr...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Foote JL,North NH,Houston DJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 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 - The purpose of this paper is to examine the personal views and experiences of Foundation Year 2 doctors operating under the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH - In total, 36 Foundation Year 2 doctors from a single UK-based Deanery participated in this semistructured interview...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Duncan M,Haslam C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to identify ways for organizationally complex, community-based health improvement initiatives to avoid "failures" with regard to client outcomes. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:Organizational research on errors, failures and high reliability organizations led Weick and Sutcliffe to ar...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Issel LM,Narasimha KM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between hospital adoption and use of computed tomography (CT) scanners, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines and in-patient mortality and length of stay. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:This study used panel data (2007-2010) from 124 hospital co...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Sandoval GA,Brown AD,Wodchis WP,Anderson GM

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to present patient-level utilisation patterns of hospital-based mental health services funded by private health insurers; and second, to examine the implications of the findings for planning and delivering private mental health services in Australia. DESIGN/METHODOL...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Khoo J,Hasan H,Eagar K

更新日期：2019-03-18 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 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:Increased competition and resource scarcity have caused hospitals to seek internal efficiencies by restructuring their structures and processes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of an organization's orientation toward control and learning and the use of process facilitators on perceived organ...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Walston S,Chou AF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this research is to investigate the extent of outsourcing, the decision-making process, the impact of outsourcing, and the future trend of outsourcing in public hospitals in Greece. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:A survey instrument was designed and mailed to a random sample of 100 public hospitals...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Moschuris SJ,Kondylis MN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The national tariff system for clinical processes and procedures aims to put a discrete unit cost on clinical activity. Calculating such costs can be subject to a great deal of local variation and interpretation. Given the rising costs of diabetes the purpose of this paper is to ask the question what does a dia...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Grant P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Tertiary hospitals have registered an incremental rise in expenditure mostly because of the increasing demands by ageing populations. Reducing the length of stay (LOS) of patients within tertiary hospitals is one of the strategies, which has been used in the last decades to ensure health care systems' sustaina...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Buttigieg SC,Abela L,Pace A

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to present a description of the Irish national clinical governance development initiative and an evaluation of the initiative with the purpose of sharing the learning and proposing actions to activate structures and processes for quality and safety. The Quality and Patient Safety Di...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Flynn MA,Burgess T,Crowley P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper seeks to investigate conditions under which entrepreneurs emerge as agents of effective and sustainable change in UK National Health Service Trusts. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:The research synthesises literature on changing regulatory structures ("post-bureaucracy") and entrepreneurial behaviour to...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Exton R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the paper is to explore the insights of experienced nurses regarding initiatives they believe would effectively retain nurses like themselves in the nursing profession. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:As part of a qualitative investigation into the perceptions of nurses regarding issues affecting th...

journal_title：Journal of health organization and management

authors： Leurer MD,Donnelly G,Domm E

更新日期：2007-01-01 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