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Analysing healthcare coordination using translational mobilization
Davina AllenThe purpose of this paper is to introduce translational mobilization theory (TMT) and explore its application for healthcare quality improvement purposes.
Organizational health management through metaphor: a mission-based approach
Joseph M. WoodsideThe purpose of this paper is to identify the underlying metaphors that hospitals use to establish their organizational mission. Metaphors impact the direction and managerial…
Universal healthcare and universal basic income: Complementary proposals for a precarious future
Nathan GerardThe purpose of this paper is to draw parallels between universal basic income (UBI) and universal healthcare, highlighting their conceptual alignment and combined implications for…
Caring for the healthcare professional: A description of the Schwartz Rounds™ implementation
Keith Adamson, Nancy Searl, Sonia Sengsavang, John Yardley, Mark George, Peter Rumney, Judy Hunter, Sakeena Myers-HalbigHospitals must systematically support employees in innovative ways to uphold a culture of care that strengthens the system. At a leading Canadian academic pediatric rehabilitation…
Healthcare managers’ perceptions of managing poor performance
Melanie Hill, Heather Gluyas, Martinique Sandy, Andrew WingateThe purpose of this paper is to understand the perceptions and experiences of healthcare managers working within a community and ambulatory health service who manage poorly…
The Stopit! programme to reduce bullying and undermining behaviour in hospitals: Contexts, mechanisms and outcomes
Graham Benmore, Steven Henderson, Joanna Mountfield, Brian WinkThe impact of bullying and undermining behaviours on the National Health Service on costs, patient safety and retention of staff was well understood even before the Illing report…
Past, present and future challenges in health care priority setting: Findings from an international expert survey
William Hall, Iestyn Williams, Neale Smith, Marthe Gold, Joanna Coast, Lydia Kapiriri, M. Danis, Craig MittonCurrent conditions have intensified the need for health systems to engage in the difficult task of priority setting. As the search for a “magic bullet” is replaced by an…
Variables affecting hospital length of stay: a scoping review
Sandra C. Buttigieg, Lorraine Abela, Adriana PaceTertiary hospitals have registered an incremental rise in expenditure mostly because of the increasing demands by ageing populations. Reducing the length of stay (LOS) of patients…
Understanding how nurses ration care
Clare Lynette Harvey, Shona Thompson, Eileen Willis, Alannah Meyer, Maria PearsonThe purpose of this paper is to explore how nurses make decisions to ration care or leave it undone within a clinical environment that is controlled by systems level cost…
