Fads, fashions, and bandwagons in health care strategy.

abstract：:This article reports the findings of an analysis of the implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI) or total quality management (TQM) programs in 10 hospitals. This analysis is the result of a 2-year study designed to identify and assess the ingredients that lead to the successful implementation of CQI prog...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Carman JM,Shortell SM,Foster RW,Hughes EF,Boerstler H,O'Brien JL,O'Conner EJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the pace of health sector transformation accelerates, the importance of leadership continues to grow across all health professions. Advances in a variety of disciplines can inform effective leadership development. However, at present, most health sector leadership competency models do not incorporate thes...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Garman AN,Standish MP,Wainio JA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Value-based leadership--linking "managership" and leadership approaches--is needed to meet today's ever-proliferating challenges to the fundamental philosophy and mission of health care organizations. To work, however, it requires important changes from everyone in the organization. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Brozovich JP,Shortell SM

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catholic community hospitals are becoming more like nongovernment, not-for-profit community hospitals of a similar bed size located in the same states. After controlling for state, urban-versus-rural location, and bed-size range, a matched set of 303 Catholic community hospitals are compared with nongovernment, not-fo...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Prince TR

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between operating margin and quality of care is investigated by using survey and financial data for 82 small and medium-sized hospitals. A positive relation between the variables is found, and implications of that relationship are discussed. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Harkey J,Vraciu R

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased use of health care teams merits further investigation in terms of their impact on patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction and patient experience generally have come front-and-center given trends within the health care industry around "patient-centered care" and "consumer engagement." PURPOS...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Hoff T,Prout K,Carabetta S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The resource-based view of the firm suggests that organizations must obtain valuable resources from external sources to obtain lasting benefits. Professional associations today exist in every industry and offer resources to assist their affiliates' organizations and individual members. Today, there are more ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Walston SL,Khaliq AA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expanding the opportunities for for-profit nursing home care is a central theme in the debate on the sustainable organization of the growing nursing home sector in Western countries. PURPOSES:We conducted a systematic review of the literature over the last 10 years in order to determine the broad impact of ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Bos A,Boselie P,Trappenburg M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care organizations (HCOs) invest in knowledge transfer to promote improved patient outcomes; however, these investments prove costly when health care workers with enhanced knowledge and skills leave to seek better employment opportunities. PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to examine the impact of in...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Fleig-Palmer MM,Rathert C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Team level tacit knowledge is related to the collective knowledge of the team members. It is the shared experience that results in the ability to successfully anticipate the reactions of teammates in typical and nontypical situations. This study evaluates how tacit knowledge and related team characteristics influence ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Friedman LH,Bernell SL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Although management practices are recognized as important factors in improving health care quality and efficiency, most research thus far has focused on individual practices, ignoring or underspecifying the contexts within which these practices are operating. Research from other industries, which has incre...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Garman AN,McAlearney AS,Harrison MI,Song PH,McHugh M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Managers may desire an approach to combining multiple productivity measurements into one score. This article demonstrates two approaches to aggregating multiple measurements, data envelope analysis (DEA) and the Multicriteria Performance/Productivity Measurement Technique (MCP/PMT). These methods are applied to actual...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Young ST

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vendors of hip and knee implants court orthopedic surgeons to adopt their products. Hospitals, which have to pay for these products, now court the same surgeons to help reduce the number of vendors and contain implant costs. PURPOSES:This study measures the surgeon's perceived alignment of interests with bo...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Burns LR,Housman MG,Booth RE Jr,Koenig A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because health care organizations (HCOs) are complex adaptive systems (CASs), phenomena of interest often are dynamic and unfold in unpredictable ways, and unfolding events are often unique. Researchers of HCOs may recognize that the subject of their research is dynamic; however, their research designs may n...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： McDaniel RR Jr,Lanham HJ,Anderson RA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In advising health care providers about care of the terminally ill in hospitals, risk managers generally take a legally conservative, narrow, risk avoidance approach. This orientation is generally unnecessary legally, since the legal risks in this context are exaggerated, and often lead to suboptimum medical treatment...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Kapp MB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the prevalence of evidence-based interventions to improve quality in health care systems, there is a paucity of documented evidence of a financial return on investment (ROI) for these interventions from the perspective of the investing entity. PURPOSES:To report on a demonstration project designed t...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Greene SB,Reiter KL,Kilpatrick KE,Leatherman S,Somers SA,Hamblin A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous empirical and managerial studies have ignored the effectiveness of integrated health networks. It has been argued that the varying definitions and strategic imperatives of integrated organizations may have complicated the assessment of the outcomes/performance of varying models, particularly when th...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Lin BY,Lin YK,Lin CC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of typologies have been developed in the strategic management literature to categorize strategies that an organization can pursue at the business level. Extensive research has established Porter's generic strategies of (1) cost leadership, (2) differentiation, (3) differentiation focus, (4) cost focus, and (5...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Torgovicky R,Goldberg A,Shvarts S,Bar Dayan Y,Onn E,Levi Y,BarDayan Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role played by remuneration strategies in motivating health care professionals is one of the most studied factors. Some studies of nursing home (NH) services, while considering wages and labor market characteristics, do not explicitly account for the influence of the contract itself. PURPOSE:This study ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Vainieri M,Smaldone P,Rosa A,Carroll K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The economics of cost containment, growing competition, and the introduction of new technology are forcing major changes on the health insurance industry. This transformation will impact the hospital industry in significant ways, hastening its evolution from a cottage industry to a modern corporate structure. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Higgins CW,Meyers ED

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As safety net providers, public hospitals operate in more challenging environments than private hospitals. Such environments put public hospitals at greater risk of financial distress, which may result in privatization and deterioration of the safety net. PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Ramamonjiarivelo Z,Weech-Maldonado R,Hearld L,Menachemi N,Epané JP,O'Connor S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antitrust and competitive issues are intertwined with efforts to control health care costs. Whether hospital competition holds down costs is an issue of much controversy and is the topic of this article. The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that hospitals compete primarily on a nonprice basis. This suggests...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Nguyen NX,Derrick FW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-centered innovation is spreading at the federal and state levels. A conceptual framework can help frame real-world examples and extract systematic learning from an array of innovative applications currently underway. The statutory, economic, and political environment in Washington State offers a spec...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Hernandez SE,Conrad DA,Marcus-Smith MS,Reed P,Watts C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1990s, acute care hospitals in the United States encountered an unstable operating environment created by a series of transformations in the health care delivery system and long-term-care market. Confronted with an array of economic pressures and demographic changes, hospitals were motivated to engage in long-t...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Shah A,Fennell M,Mor V

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to common understanding, not-for-profit organizations must earn a profit in order to maintain fiscal solvency. This article presents a methodology to determine the appropriate profitability target with illustrations presented for a health maintenance organization. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Fallon RP

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many assets and projects provide value to organizations in excess of the direct and indirect cash flows that they generate. Under pure capitation, the link between individual investment decisions and future cash flows is completely severed. Including the value of strategic options enhances the usefulness of the capita...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Magiera FT,McLean RA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of modern challenges in quality, safety, patient centeredness, and cost, health care is evolving to adopt leadership practices of highly effective organizations. Traditional physician training includes little focus on developing leadership skills, which necessitates further training to achieve the po...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Hopkins J,Fassiotto M,Ku MC,Mammo D,Valantine H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survey data from a sample of physicians whose primary professional activity is administration were used to examine their previous administrative positions and career paths. Forty percent reported administrative positions in more than one type of health care organization, and time spent in administration increased with...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Kindig DA,Dunham NC,Chun LM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although small in number, hospitals are increasingly seeking bankruptcy protection. This article explores the potential forces that might motivate hospitals to seek bankruptcy protection and the potential consequences for hospitals that obtain it. Case reviews of 11 hospital bankruptcies that occurred in 1990 and 1991...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Bazzoli GJ,Cleverley WO

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploratory study of hospital planners was completed to determine if there was agreement between theory and practice concerning mission statement components and development. Results showed that mission statements have received little attention as part of the overall strategic planning process. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Gibson CK,Newton DJ,Cochran DS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00