Table of contents - Special Issue: Governance and coordination in health care: organic processes and structural capacity
Guest Editors: Peter Nugus, Jean-Louis Denis, Denis Chênevert
Governance and coordination in health care: organic processes and structural capacity
Peter Nugus, Jean-Louis Denis, Denis ChênevertThe purpose of this paper is to articulate cutting-edge conceptions of the relationship between local processes in the here-and-now, and the broader influences on those processes…
Institutionalising emergent organisation in health and social care
D. AllenThe purpose of this paper is to argue for the institutionalisation of emergent forms of organisation in health and social care and offer a conceptual framework for this purpose.
Repositioning the boundaries between public and private healthcare providers in the English NHS
Rod Sheaff, Joyce Halliday, Mark Exworthy, Alex Gibson, Pauline W. Allen, Jonathan Clark, Sheena Asthana, Russell MannionNeo-liberal “reform” has in many countries shifted services across the boundary between the public and private sector. This policy re-opens the question of what structural and…
Collaborative governance as a policy strategy in healthcare
Andrea FrankowskiThe purpose of this paper is to examine the enactment of collaborative governance as a policy strategy in healthcare – in particular its effects in coordinating multiple…
The impact of leadership churn on quality management in Australian hospitals
Sandra Leggat, Cathy BaldingThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between frequent turnover (churn) of the chief executive officer (CEO), quality manager and members of the governing board…
A dynamic capabilities view of improvement capability
Joy Furnival, Ruth Boaden, Kieran WalsheOrganisations within healthcare increasingly operate in rapidly changing environments and present wide variation in performance. It can be argued that this variation is influenced…
Organisational communication as trespass: a patient safety perspective
Deborah Debono, Hamish Robertson, Joanne TravagliaSignificant, sustained improvement in patient safety has proved an intractable goal. Attempts to address persistent problems have largely focused on technical solutions to issues…
Shaping innovation and coordination of healthcare delivery across boundaries and borders: A comparative case study
Rosemary J. Hollick, Alison J. Black, David M. Reid, Lorna McKeeUsing a complexity-informed approach, we aim to understand why introduction of a mobile service delivery model for osteoporosis across diverse organisational and country contexts…
Walking the tightrope: how rebels “do” quality of care in healthcare organizations
Iris Wallenburg, Anne Marie Weggelaar, Roland BalThe purpose of this paper is to empirically explore and conceptualize how healthcare professionals and managers give shape to the increasing call for compassionate care as an…
Frontline meetings as support for cross-boundary coordination in hospitals
Thim Prætorius, Peter HasleThe purpose of this paper is to investigate frontline meetings in hospitals and how they are used for coordination of daily operations across organizational and occupational…
Strategies to increase physician engagement in acute care settings: a scoping review
Graham Shaw, Neale Smith, Asif Khowaja, Craig Mitton, Jean-Louis Denis, Chris LovatoDespite growing attention to physician engagement there is a lack of literature to guide the development of physician-led interventions. A scoping review was conducted to describe…
Understanding how professionals cultures impact implementation of a pediatric oncology genomic test: Using ethnographic participant observation in deliberative stakeholder consultations
Justin Gagnon, Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Cristina Longo, Peter Nugus, Gillian BartlettHealthcare innovation, exemplified by genomic medicine, requires increasingly sophisticated understanding of the interdisciplinary-organizational context in which new innovations…
The public’s trust and information brokers in health care, public health and research
Jodyn Platt, Minakshi Raj, Sharon L.R. KardiaNations such as the USA are investing in technologies such as electronic health records in order to collect, store and transfer information across boundaries of health care…
