Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 26 Issue 6

Integration: work still in progress

Gerald Wistow, Helen Dickinson

The purpose of this paper is to set the context for this special issue and provide an introduction to the individual contributions.

Experimenting with clinical networks: the Australasian experience

Frances C. Cunningham, Andrew D. Morris, Jeffrey Braithwaite

Australian states have embraced clinical networking as a mechanism for managing, organising and improving the quality of care. Using these individualised state approaches to…

Whose kettle?: Exploring the role of objects in managing and mediating the boundaries of integration in health and social care

Helen Sullivan, Paul Williams

This article aims to explore how objects function in integration efforts in health and social care contexts.

Shared mental models of integrated care: aligning multiple stakeholder perspectives

Jenna M. Evans, G. Ross Baker

Health service organizations and professionals are under increasing pressure to work together to deliver integrated patient care. A common understanding of integration strategies…

Sensemaking: a driving force behind the integration of professional practices

Chantal Sylvain, Lise Lamothe

There has been considerable effort in recent years to link and integrate professional services more closely for patients with comorbidities. However, difficulties persist…

Role of innovative institutional structures in integrated governance: A case study of integrating health and nutrition programs in Chhattisgarh, India

Anuska Kalita, Shinjini Mondal

The aim of this paper is to highlight the significance of integrated governance in bringing about community participation, improved service delivery, accountability of public…

Actor or arena: contrasting translations of a law on interorganizational integration

Johanna Andersson, Mikael Löfström, Susanna Bihari Axelsson, Runo Axelsson

A Swedish framework law has enabled integration between public agencies in vocational rehabilitation. With the support of this law, coordination associations can be formed to fund…