Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 27 Issue 5

Improving care for people after stroke: how change was actively facilitated

David Bamford, Katy Rothwell, Pippa Tyrrell, Ruth Boaden

This paper aims to report on the approach to change used in the development of a tool to assess patient status six months after stroke (the Greater Manchester Stroke Assessment…

“Fact” and “fiction”: enlivening health care education

Alison Sheridan, Jane O'Sullivan

This paper aims to demonstrate how close analysis of cultural narratives can be employed as effective pedagogical tools in the explication and critique of specific workplace…

The development and deploymentof electronic personal health records: A strategic positioning perspective

Mark Lewis, Ryan Baxter, Richard Pouder

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of strategic position on the ability of an entrepreneurial firm to successfully develop and deploy electronic personal health…

User involvement in service integration and carers' views of co-locating children's services

Axel Kaehne, Chris Catherall

There has been considerable discussion about the benefits of health and social care integration over the last decade but less research on the purpose and effectiveness of carer…

From words to action: Visibility of management in supporting interdisciplinary team working in an acute rehabilitative geriatric hospital

Sandra C. Buttigieg, Vincent Cassar, Judy W. Scully

The following case study aims to explore management's, health professionals' and patients' experiences on the extent to which there is visibility of management support in…

Are healthcare middle management jobs extreme jobs?

David A. Buchanan, Emma Parry, Charlotte Gascoigne, Cíara Moore

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the incidence of “extreme jobs” among middle managers in acute hospitals, and to identify individual and organizational implications.

Development of a culture of sustainability in health care organizations

Bernardo Ramirez, Daniel J. West, Michael M. Costell

This paper aims to examine the concept of sustainability in health care organizations and the key managerial competencies and change management strategies needed to implant a…