Several initiatives have addressed patient safety by enabling electronic voluntary reporting of adverse events within academic medical centres in urban settings. Such initiatives are lacking in the rural context, and it remains unknown whether the same challenges and solutions apply to rural hospitals. The purpose of this study is to provide insight into the organisational culture and level of ...

in their valuable discussion of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations, mannion and davies highlight the importance of organisational culture in influencing whether people raise concerns, and whether these concerns are listened to and acted upon. the role of leadership in shaping organisational culture is well-established1 and in this commentary, we will examine the influence of leaders in ...

BACKGROUND The number of patients with chronic diseases is increasing which poses a challenge to healthcare organisations. A proactive, structured, and population-orientated approach is needed: the chronic care model (CCM) provides such a framework. AIM To assess organisational conditions for providing structured chronic care according to the CCM across different healthcare systems. DESIGN ...

This article examines the impact of organisational changes in UK elite sport on the professional relations among and between different healthcare providers. The article describes the processes by which demand for elite sport healthcare has increased in the UK. It further charts the subsequent response within medicine and physiotherapy and, in particular, the institutionalisation of sport-specif...

BACKGROUND Despite the worthy intentions of international health partnerships between high-income countries and countries with developing economies, the tangible benefits are rarely evaluated, limiting the assessment of the achievements of such collaborations. METHODS The present study used longitudinal qualitative methods to examine the individual and organisational benefits of a partnership...

As health services face increasing pressure to meet the expectations of different stakeholders, they must continuously improve and learn from their experience. Many fail in attempts at continuous improvement programs because managers have not understood the complexity of making changes in organisations with multiple subcultures and interests. This article examines the related concepts of organi...

There remains a conviction that the torrent of publications and the financial outlay on leadership development will create managers with the skills and characters of perfect leaders, capable of guiding healthcare organisations through the challenges and crises of the 21st century. The focus of much attention continues to be the search for the (illusory) core set of heroic qualities, abilities o...