Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 30 Issue 8

Healthcare resource allocation decisions affecting uninsured services

Krista Lyn Harrison, Holly A. Taylor

Using the example of community access programs (CAPs), the purpose of this paper is to describe resource allocation and policy decisions related to providing health services for…

The missing link to patient engagement in Italy: The role of health literacy in enabling patients

Rocco Palumbo, Carmela Annarumma, Paola Adinolfi, Marco Musella

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the changing patterns of users’ behavior in the health care service system. Although patient engagement and health services’ co-production…

From boundaries to boundary work: middle managers creating inter-organizational change

Lieke Oldenhof, Annemiek Stoopendaal, Kim Putters

In healthcare, organizational boundaries are often viewed as barriers to change. The purpose of this paper is to show how middle managers create inter-organizational change by…

Understanding healthcare innovation systems: the Stockholm region case

Lisa-Marie Larisch, Isis Amer-Wåhlin, Patrik Hidefjäll

There is an increasing interest in understanding how innovation processes can address current challenges in healthcare. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the wider…

The impact of accreditation on healthcare quality improvement: a qualitative case study

Sara Melo

Research on accreditation has mostly focused on assessing its impact using large scale quantitative studies, yet little is known on how quality is improved in practice through an…

Stress among public middle managers dealing with reforms

David Giauque

The purpose of this paper is to identify social and organizational antecedents of stress. This paper also investigates whether attitudes toward organizational changes and reforms…

Understanding human resource management practices in Botswana’s public health sector

Onalenna Stannie Seitio-Kgokgwe, Robin Gauld, Philip C. Hill, Pauline Barnett

The purpose of this paper is to assess the management of the public sector health workforce in Botswana. Using institutional frameworks it aims to document and analyse human…

Challenges and opportunities for disinvestment in Australia: A need to evaluate the implementation and impact of Choosing Wisely in Australia

Rebecca Trowman Day, Richard Norman, Suzanne Robinson

Worldwide, there is significant growth in the cost of (and demand for) healthcare, which often clashes with a requirement to contain expenditure. This duality leads to an…