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Illusions of team working in health care

West, Michael A.; Lyubovnikova, Joanne - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 27 (2013) 1, pp. 134-142

Purpose – The ubiquity and value of teams in healthcare are well acknowledged. However, in practice, healthcare teams vary dramatically in their structures and effectiveness in ways that can damage team processes and patient outcomes. The aim of this paper is to highlight these characteristics...

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“Fact” and “fiction”: enlivening health care education

Sheridan, Alison; O'Sullivan, Jane - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 27 (2013) 5, pp. 561-576

Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate how close analysis of cultural narratives can be employed as effective pedagogical tools in the explication and critique of specific workplace issues relevant to health management education. Design/methodology/approach – Two narratives have been...

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Patient involvement in Danish health care

Vrangbaek, Karsten - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 29 (2015) 5, pp. 611-624

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate different types of patient involvement in Denmark, and to discuss … analyze key governance features of patient involvement in Denmark based on previous research papers and reports describing … patient involvement in Danish health care. Findings – Patient involvement is important in Denmark at the rhetorical level, and …

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Grassroots inter-professional networks: the case of organizing care for older cancer patients

Bagayogo, Fatou Farima; Lepage, Annick; Denis, Jean-Louis; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 6, pp. 971-984

Purpose The purpose of this paper of inter-professional networks is to analyze the evolution of relationships between professional groups enacting new forms of collaboration to address clinical imperatives. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a case study based on semi-structured...

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Engaging physicians in organisational improvement work

Bååthe, Fredrik; Erik Norbäck, Lars - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 27 (2013) 4, pp. 479-497

Purpose – To improve health‐care delivery from within, managers need to engage physicians in organisational development work. Physicians and managers have different mindsets/professional identities which hinder effective communication. The aim of this paper is to explore how managers can...

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Entrepreneurs ' perspective on public-private partnership in health care and social services

Sinisammal, Janne; Leviäkangas, Pekka; Autio, Tommi; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 1, pp. 174-191

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to probe experiences of entrepreneurs in the social and health care service provision. Design/methodology/approach – Information was collected regarding entrepreneurs’ views on the factors affecting the collaboration between public and private...

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Interpretation time in an ethnically diverse pediatric orthopedic clinic

Lee, Moon; Sobralske, Mary; Raney, Ellen; Carino, Brian - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 4, pp. 530-540

patients who speak English and those who require an interpretation service in an ethnically diverse pediatric clinic. Design …/methodology/approach – Encounter time with patients requiring interpretation was compared to encounter time with patients who spoke English. The sample … consisted of 310 encounters at a pediatric orthopedic clinic where patients spoke over 18 primary languages. Data were analyzed …

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Does Lean implementation interact with group functioning?

Ulhassan, Waqar; Westerlund, Hugo; Thor, Johan; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 28 (2014) 2, pp. 196-213

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 –...

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Impact of the organisational culture on primary care staff members’ intention to engage in research and development

Morténius, Helena; Baigi, Amir; Palm, Lars; Fridlund, Bengt - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 29 (2015) 2, pp. 234-251

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how organisational culture influences the intentions of primary care staff members (PCSM) to engage in research and development (R&D). Design/methodology/approach – The participants ( n =30) were PCSM employed in a care centre in...

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Rethinking gossip and scandal in healthcare organizations

Waddington, Kathryn - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 6, pp. 810-817

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that gossip is a neglected aspect of organizational communication and knowledge, and an under-used management resource. Design/methodology/approach The paper challenges mainstream managerial assumptions that gossip is trivial or tainted talk which...

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