Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 31 Issue 7/8

Do different approaches to clinical governance development and implementation make a difference? Findings from Ireland and New Zealand

Robin Gauld, Simon Horsburgh, Maureen Alice Flynn, Deirdre Carey, Philip Crowley

Clinical governance (CG) is an important foundation for a high-performing health care system, with many countries supporting its development. CG policy may be developed and…

Medical directors’ perspectives on strengthening hospital quality and safety

Rachel Canaway, Marie Bismark, David Dunt, Margaret Kelaher

The purpose of this paper is to understand the concerns and factors that impact on hospital quality and safety, particularly related to use of performance data, within a setting…

Lean leadership attributes: a systematic review of the literature

Kjeld Harald Aij, Maurits Teunissen

Emphasis on quality and reducing costs has led many health-care organizations to reconfigure their management, process, and quality control infrastructures. Many are lean, a…

Overcoming counter-knowledge through telemedicine communication technologies

Jorge Cegarra-Sanchez, Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Anthony Wensley, Jose Diaz Manzano

Knowledge acquired from sources of unverified information such as gossip, partial truths or lies, in this paper it is termed as “counter-knowledge.” The purpose of this paper is…

“Strange animals”: hybrid organisations in health care

Martin Powell, Michele Castelli

The purpose of this paper is to critically explore hybrid organisations in health care. It examines the broad literature on hybrids focusing on issues of perspective, definition…