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Reducing preventable harm: observations on minimizing bloodstream infections
Peter J. Pronovost, Sally J. Weaver, Sean M. Berenholtz, Lisa H. Lubomski, Lisa L. Maragakis, Jill A. Marsteller, Julius Cuong Pham, Melinda D. Sawyer, David A. Thompson, Kristina Weeks, Michael A. RosenThe purpose of this paper is to provide a practical framework that health care organizations could use to decrease preventable healthcare-acquired harms.
The effects of organizational commitment and structural empowerment on patient safety culture: An analysis of a physician cohort
Sujin K. Horwitz, Irwin B. HorwitzThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between patient safety culture and two attitudinal constructs: affective organizational commitment and structural…
Using and choosing digital health technologies: a communications science perspective
John Ovretveit, Albert Wu, Richard Street, Harold Thimbleby, Friederike Thilo, Annegret HannawaThe purpose of this paper is to explore a non-technical overview for leaders and researchers about how to use a communications perspective to better assess, design and use digital…
Dynamic workplace interactions for improving patient safety climate
Susan Brandis, John Rice, Stephanie SchleimerEmployee engagement (EE), supervisor support (SS) and interprofessional collaboration (IPC) are important contributors to patient safety climate (PSC). The purpose of this paper…
Healthcare leaders’ views on successful quality improvement initiatives and context
Stuart Barson, Fiona Doolan-Noble, Jonathon Gray, Robin GauldThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the contextual factors contributing to the sustainability of healthcare quality improvement (QI) initiatives.
The work is never ending: uncovering teamwork sustainability using realistic evaluation
Mandus Frykman, Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Åsa Muntlin Athlin, Henna Hasson, Pamela MazzocatoThe purpose of this paper is to uncover the mechanisms influencing the sustainability of behavior changes following the implementation of teamwork.
The institutional logic of integrated care: an ethnography of patient transitions
James A. Shaw, Pia Kontos, Wendy Martin, Christina VictorThe purpose of this paper is to use theories of institutional logics and institutional entrepreneurship to examine how and why macro-, meso-, and micro-level influences…
Bridging complexity theory and resilience to develop surge capacity in health systems
Marie-Christine Therrien, Julie-Maude Normandin, Jean-Louis DenisHealth systems are periodically confronted by crises – think of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, H1N1, and Ebola – during which they are called upon to manage exceptional…
Doctor-patient relationships (DPR) in China: Managers and clinicians’ twofold pathways from commitment HR practices
Shaozhuang Ma, Xuehu Xu, Virginia Trigo, Nelson J.C. RamalhoThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to develop and test theory on how commitment human resource (HR) practices affect hospital professionals’ job satisfaction that…
