Purpose: The context in which an innovation is implemented is an important and often neglected mediator of change. A prospective payment system (PPS) for psychiatric and psychosomatic facilities with major implications for inpatient psychiatric care in Germany was...

Purpose: Measuring attitudes of healthcare providers and managers toward change in health care organizations (HCOs) has been of widespread interest. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the psychometric characteristics and usability of an abbreviated German version of the Change Attitude...

Purpose: Healthcare systems are under pressure to improve their performance, while at the same time facing severe resource constraints, particularly workforce shortages. By applying resource-dependency-theory (RDT), we explore how healthcare organizations in different settings perceive pressure...

Das diesjährige Schwerpunktthema „Langzeiterkrankungen“ legt den Fokus auf lang andauernde bzw. chronische Krankheiten, mit besonderer Betrachtung von psychischen Erkrankungen, Krebs/Neubildungen, Muskel-Skeletterkrankungen, Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und Diabetes. Experten aus den...