Objectives: To address urgent staffing shortages, hospitals increasingly rely on agency labor. Given that staffing can significantly impact hospital performance, the aim of this study was to understand the organizational and market factors associated with agency labor utilization in US...

The German healthcare system faces urgent challenges, with Minister Karl Lauterbach proposing two major reforms: restructuring hospital financing and overhauling emergency services. While past efforts to reform emergency care have failed, the current crisis - exacerbated by staff shortages and...

Das deutsche Gesundheitswesen steht vor einer Vielzahl an Herausforderungen, die sich aus dem demografischen Wandel, den Anforderungen an eine solide Finanzierung und Wirtschaftlichkeit, der Notwendigkeit zur Entbürokratisierung und der Digitalisierung ergeben. Im Mittelpunkt dieses...

The productivity paradox of digitisation in hospitals refers to the difficulty in realising measurable efficiency gains from digital innovations. Despite significant investments, healthcare costs continue to rise, particularly in OECD countries like Germany. While digitisation is expected to...

China's multilevel medical education system generates tremendous physician human capital heterogeneity. This paper attempts to take advantage of the differences level of doctors' human capital to reveal the relationship between healthcare service mismatch and doctors' human capital using the...

The purpose of the current study is to examine the mediating role of organizational pride on the relationship between ethical leadership and employees' creativity. Using a convenience sample of (130) managers, heads of the department, and their employees from private hospitals in Jordan, the...

Background: Healthcare 4.0 has transformed supply chain management in the healthcare sector, but there is a lack of comprehensive frameworks to evaluate the impact of Healthcare 4.0 technologies on sector operations, particularly in developing countries. Methods: This study introduces a...