Allied health and organisational structure: massaging the organisation to facilitate outcomes
نویسنده
چکیده
This paper discusses the professional issue of changes to the organisational structure of the allied health service, at Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) as it has impacted upon physiotherapists. It traces the initial steps of a journey on which ADHB hospital-based allied health professionals embarked to support a vision of interdisciplinary and client centred work practises for all professional groups. While this project leveraged learnings from existing experience and literature, ADHB’s scale, organisational culture and the limited timeframe created unique problems and solutions. A signifi cant change management process was undertaken for hospital-based allied health staff, to restructure the work environment from the traditional single discipline departments to a mixed model of an allied health division supported by a clearly defi ned professional leadership structure. This work is contextualised within the New Zealand health-care environment and the organisation, providing a model of allied health structure that supports the individual professional disciplines as well as positioning allied health professionals to further develop interprofessional skills to meet complex consumer health needs. Mueller J, Neads P (2005). Allied health and organisational structure: massaging the organisation to facilitate outcomes. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy 33(2) 48-54.
منابع مشابه
A thematic analysis of the role of the organisation in building allied health research capacity: a senior managers’ perspective
BACKGROUND Evidence-based practice aims to achieve better health outcomes in the community. It relies on high quality research to inform policy and practice; however research in primary health care continues to lag behind that of other medical professions. The literature suggests that research capacity building (RCB) functions across four levels; individual, team, organisation and external envi...
متن کاملHow to Facilitate Social Contagion?
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals has proven to be a real challenge. Providing evidence on cost-effective interventions did not prove to be sufficient to secure the trust of national authorities, health care providers and patients. Introducing change in a health system requires a good understanding of the relationships between the actors of the system. Social network analysis can provi...
متن کاملTransforming Allied Health.
In 1995, the Division of Allied Health at the Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide (WCH) began a process of critical review of its service delivery models and organisational structure in order better to meet the vision and values of the WCH and the needs of consumers. This paper describes the change management process. Barriers to and facilitators of change are highlighted. The outcomes of ...
متن کاملThe Moderating Role of Power Distance on the Relationship between Employee Participation and Outcome Variables
Background Many organisations have realised the importance of human resource for their competitive advantage. Empowering employees is therefore essential for organisational effectiveness. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between employee participation with outcome variables such as organisational commitment, job satisfaction, perception of justice in an organisation and readines...
متن کاملOrganisational governance structures in allied health services: a decade of change.
A ten year review of developments in the organisation and management of allied health services in Australian acute care public hospitals reveals a steady transformation away from a medically managed universal model towards more complex and contested models of governance. This article revisits early observations about the reorganisation of allied health services and presents more recent research...
متن کامل