Interpersonal mentoring and its influence on retention of valued health care workers: the moderating role of affective commitment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Institute of Medicine's 2001 report Crossing the Quality Chasm argued for fundamental redesign of the U.S. health care system. Six years later, many health care organizations have embraced the report's goals, but few have succeeded in making the substantial transformations needed to achieve those aims. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Lukas CV,Holmes SK,Cohen AB,Restuccia J,Cramer IE,Shwartz M,Charns MP

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delivering safe patient care remains an elusive goal. Resolving problems in complex organizations like hospitals requires managers to work together. Safety leadership training that encourages managers to exercise learning-oriented, team-based leadership behaviors could promote systemic problem solving and en...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Singer SJ,Hayes J,Cooper JB,Vogt JW,Sales M,Aristidou A,Gray GC,Kiang MV,Meyer GS

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Research in configurations and strategic groups has a rich history of revealing performance differences for hospitals and health care systems. PURPOSES:To assess the relationship between hospital-led health system configurations and the adoption of patient safety practices. In particular, the adoption of co...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Ford EW,Short JC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small independent practices are increasingly giving way to more complex affiliations between provider organizations and hospital systems. There are several ways in which vertically integrated health systems could improve quality and lower the costs of care. But there are also concerns that integrated systems...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Machta RM,Maurer KA,Jones DJ,Furukawa MF,Rich EC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potential conflict exists between the recent growth of unionization in the health care industry and management efforts to increase productivity. One method of managing this conflict is to link employee rewards to employee productivity through productivity bargaining. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Fottler MD,Maloney WF

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appropriate discount rate for evaluation of capital expenditures depends on leverage, taxation, cost-based reimbursement, and risk. A method is presented to account for these effects that is both practical and consistent with theory. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Wheeler JR,Smith DG

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the extant literature on patient safety is rich, few studies have specifically examined safety from the patient perspective. In addition, little is known about how patients decide whether they are safe or satisfied with their care. From a foundation of attribution theory, we suggest that patients ma...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Rathert C,May DR,Williams ES

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluating health care advertising is a four-part process that enables health care managers to target particular markets and to determine the effects of advertising particular services and products. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： MacStravic RS

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitals are using several methods to establish a budget for advertising. The Strategic Planning Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a study of advertising practices on nearly 200 corporations and over 1,000 individual businesses. Decision rules, developed in the study, are used to show how hospitals...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： McCarthy EJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The postpartum hospital stay has been decreasing in the United States in recent decades. Early discharge to achieve cost savings has been criticized by many inside and outside the health care community as sometimes being detrimental to the mother and infant. This article describes the efforts of the administration, nu...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Parsons MT,Mahoney C,Weathers LS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Can organizational development work in the academic setting? Because current cost constraints and federal regulations are forcing departments and services to integrate, organizational development may be the best option for management. The study reported here shows that it can work successfully in the family medicine d...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Aluise JJ,Bogdewic SP,McLaughlin CP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reframing surprise as an opportunity rather than as a threat can be facilitated when we recognize that efforts to deny, control, and prevent uncertainty operate as barriers to reframing. Removing the barriers requires trust and risk-taking among key stakeholders, especially among patients, physicians, and health care ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Montgomery K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the extent to which hospitals use different integrative processes to assimilate physicians and assesses the extent to which their use is associated with managed care penetration and hospital characteristics. Results from a national survey of 1,495 community hospitals indicate that these integrat...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Burns LR,Morrisey MA,Alexander JA,Johnson V

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nursing home administrators (NHAs) are in key positions to improve nursing home quality. NHAs require state-level licensure, which involves passing a national NHA licensure examination and fulfilling state-level licensure requirements that vary widely across states. With multiple pathways to NHA licensure, l...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Siegel EO,Leo MC,Young HM,Castle NG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many observers have alleged that "fads," "fashions," and "bandwagons" (imitation strategies) are prominent feature of the health care organizational strategy landscape. "Imitation behavior" may fulfill symbolic functions such as signaling innovativeness but results in the adoption of strategies that are effe...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Kaissi AA,Begun JW

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:This study examines one specific type of collaboration activity in a community health collaborative. The focus of the research is the operations level where services are coordinated, patients are referred, and access may be improved for vulnerable populations. Using a case study approach, we examine the creation of a ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Lemak CH,Johnson C,Goodrick EE

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stringent rules apply to the kinds of things hospitals can say about themselves and their services, over and above the ethics that apply to all advertising. Yet it seems clear from the levels of interest in advertising among hospitals and the growth in the use of this marketing technique in recent years that persuasio...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： MacStravic RS

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on observations of the implementation of a patient-centered care (PCC) work reorganization model in a community hospital setting. Analysis of videotape, direct observation, and interviews with key informants demonstrated the similarities between organizations and families in times of change. We pr...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Speice J,Laneri H,Kennedy R,Engerman J

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Evidence of variation in safety climate suggests the need for improvement among at least some hospitals. However, comparisons only among hospitals may underestimate the improvement required. Comparison of hospitals with analogous industries may provide a broader perspective on the safety status of our nation...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Singer SJ,Rosen A,Zhao S,Ciavarelli AP,Gaba DM

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:Scholars have vigorously debated the role of stakeholders since Freeman's 1984 landmark work. This article argues that an accurate assessment of relative power levels can enable stakeholders to accept their proper roles and responsibilities in planning and implementing strategy and enabling Top Management Teams to mor...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Daake D,Anthony WP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current literature on the enabling conditions of multidisciplinary teams focuses on the singular dimensions of the organizations (i.e., human resources, clinical pathways, objects) without shedding light on to the way in which these organizational factors interact and mutually influence one another. PUR...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Marsilio M,Torbica A,Villa S

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:This article identifies the strategic types in the hospital industry based on the hospital's use of Porter's generic strategies in their pure and hybrid forms. The article also examines differences in performance of hospitals across strategic types. Results indicate that hospitals that follow a focussed cost leadershi...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Kumar K,Subramanian R,Yauger C

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time is running out for public health organizations, says Charles Harper. Their traditional role in the health system is eroding rapidly. To reestablish the place they deserve in the health system will require an aggressive and united effort on the part of all public health professionals. As a counterpoint to Harper's...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Harper CL,Smith DS

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00