Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 20 Issue 4

Health promoting attitudes and behaviors of emergency physicians: Exploring gender differences

Kent V. Rondeau, Louis H. Francescutti, Garnet E. Cummings

The purpose of this paper is to report on gender differences in emergency physicians with respect to their attitudes, knowledge, and practices concerning health promotion and…

A somewhat unorthodox explanation for the rise and fall of physician practice management companies: The application of Gaia theory

Daniel F. Fahey

The purpose of this article is to present an alternative theory to why publicly‐traded physician practice management companies in the US were popular and successful for a limited…

Waiting lists in Dutch health care: An analysis from an organization theoretical perspective

Patrick Kenis

To develop propositions on why public policies towards decreasing waiting list in health care can be expected to be unsuccessful.

Developing an explicit strategy towards social responsibility in the NHS: A case for including NHS managers in this strategy

Faruk Merali

To explore the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the UK National Health Service (NHS) and to examine how it may be developed to positively influence the…

Health services management education: why and what?

Stephen Davies

To examine the importance of appropriate education for health services managers and to identify what might be included in the curriculum for health services management education.

Cancer Care Ontario and integrated cancer programs: Portrait of a performance management system and lessons learned

Siu Mee Cheng, Leslee J. Thompson

A performance management system has been implemented by Cancer Care Ontario (CCO). This system allows for the monitoring and management of 11 integrated cancer programs (ICPs…