OBJECTIVE Clinical management is hypothesized to be critical for hospital management and hospital performance. The aims of this study were to develop and validate professional involvement scales for measuring the level of clinical management by physicians and nurses in European hospitals. DESIGN Testing of validity and reliability of scales derived from a questionnaire of 21 items was develop...

What does nursing management mean to the average hospital doctor? The chances are that it means "Salmon," and my experiences of addressing doctors prompts me to say with confidence that the word tends to provoke a brisk reaction, especially among elder members of the medical profession, who remember with nostalgia the days of matrons and all powerful ward sisters. I propose to put the nursing m...

Patients expect to receive safe, predictable and high-quality care delivered by competent professionals. Thus, it has become important to provide specific training in existing and new modalities and prove on-going clinical expertise. Hospital credentialing is the process by which the competence of a doctor is determined by the hospital management. In Australia, radiologists participate in a man...

BACKGROUND The appropriate governance of hospitals largely depends on effective cooperation between governing boards and hospital management. Governing boards play an important role in strategy-setting as part of their support for hospital management. However, in certain situations, this active strategic role may also generate discord within this relationship. PURPOSE The objective of this st...

OBJECTIVE To assess the reasons for the problems faced by patients in the government hospitals to make an emphasis on higher authorities for identification of problems and implementation of effective measures. METHODS A questionnaire-based doctor's survey was conducted at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The survey included 10 doctors each from 5 wards of JPMC. Informed consent was ...

Richter, J. P., & Muhlestein, D. B. (in press). Patient experience and hospital profitability: Is there a link? Health Care Management Review. To assess whether, independent of a direct financial impact, a more positive patient experience is associated with increased profitability.  A positive patient experience is associated with increased profitability, and a negative patient experience is e...

background and objectives: today, management is one of the most important factors in hospital effectiveness and performance. the objective of this study was to assess the management skills of administrators in hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences and to identify how these skills are related to effective management.   methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out o...