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Post-surgery length of stay using multi-criteria decision-making tool
Sandra C. Buttigieg, Dorothy Gauci, Frank Bezzina, Prasanta K. DeyLength of stay (LOS) in hospital after surgery varies for each patient depending on surgeon’s decision that considers criticality of the surgery, patient’s conditions before and…
The persistent problem of integrated care in English NHS hospitals: Is the Mayo model the answer?
Jonathan Erskine, Michele Castelli, David Hunter, Amritpal HunginThe purpose of this paper is to determine whether some aspects of the distinctive Mayo Clinic care model could be translated into English National Health Service (NHS) hospital…
Impacts of continuous quality improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander primary health care in Australia: A scoping systematic review
Beverly Sibthorpe, Karen Gardner, Mier Chan, Michelle Dowden, Ginny Sargent, Dan McAullayContinuous quality improvement (CQI) programmes have been taken up widely by indigenous primary health care services in Australia, but as yet there has not been a systematic…
From one-sized to over-individualized? Service logic’s value creation
Erik Masao Eriksson, Lars NordgrenThere is a current trend in healthcare management away from produced and standardized one-size-fits-all processes toward co-created and individualized services. The purpose of…
Funding profiles of multisector health care alliances and their positioning for sustainability
Larry Hearld, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Laura J. Wolf, Yunfeng ShiThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between different aspects of alliance funding profiles (e.g. range of sources, dependence on specific sources) and…
Digital displacements in patient-professional relations: Four modes of organizational patient involvement
Anja Svejgaard PorsThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relational consequences of electronic patient records based on co-produced data from pregnant women’s IT supported self-reporting. The…
No one can whistle a symphony: how hospitals design for daily cross-boundary collaboration
Thim Prætorius, Peter Hasle, Anders Paarup NielsenThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how and with which mechanisms health care professionals in practice design for collaboration to solve collective hospital tasks, which…
