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Managing the scope and impact of root cause analysis recommendations
Rick Iedema, Christine Jorm, Jeffrey BraithwaiteIncreased public awareness of clinical failure and rising levels of litigation are spurring health policy makers in industrialized countries to mandate that clinicians report and…
The impact of engaging leadership on performance, attitudes to work and wellbeing at work: A longitudinal study
Beverly Alimo‐Metcalfe, John Alban‐Metcalfe, Margaret Bradley, Jeevi Mariathasan, Chiara SameleThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between quality of leadership and attitudes to work and a sense of wellbeing at work, and organizational performance.
Transformational, transactional and laissez‐faire leadership among physician executives
Sudha XirasagarThe purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical validity of transformational, transactional and laissez‐faire leadership and their sub‐scales among physician managers.
Navy Nurse Corps manpower management model
Daniel P. Kinstler, Raymond W. Johnson, Anke Richter, Kathryn KocherThe Navy Nurse Corps is part of a team of professionals that provides high quality, economical health care to approximately 700,000 active duty Navy and Marine Corps members, as…
Health care competition, strategic mission, and patient satisfaction: research model and propositions
Patrick A. Rivers, Saundra H. GloverIn all industries, competition among businesses has long been encouraged as a mechanism to increase value for patients. In other words, competition ensures the provision of better…
Healthcare governance and organizational barriers to learning from mistakes
John Storey, David BuchananThe purpose of this article is to advance critical debate in relation to a very critical issue in current healthcare management – namely “patient safety”. This is currently a very…
