PURPOSE The aim was to study variation in views on long-term goals expressed by members in a project concerning rehabilitation of individuals in an area in mid Sweden. The organisations participating were the municipal social services, the county council's health care organisation, the governmental social insurance office, the national employment service and the national labour market institute...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the evidence base and rationale underpinning the various infections control strategies during central venous catheter insertion and to promote discussion about the key, recurring concepts and recommendations in the literature. Logistical and organisational factors relating to central venous catheter insertion are also examined. BACKGROUND Catheter-related blood...

This paper introduces an alternative analytical and conceptual approach to the study of IT in Organisations, based on the concept of ‘Agora of Techno-Organisational Change’ (Kaniadakis, 2006). The Agora represents an analytical space, ranging from local, particular instances of technical and organisational change to global, abstract socio-economic networks of innovation and it marks an emerging...

BACKGROUND Evidence is needed for the integration of mental health into primary care advocated by the national health sector strategic investment plan in Uganda. AIMS To describe the processes of developing a district mental healthcare plan (MHCP) in rural Uganda that facilitates integration of mental health into primary care. METHOD Mixed methods using a situational analysis, qualitative s...

BACKGROUND In 2008, the English Department of Health appointed 16 'Integrated Care Pilots' which used a range of approaches to provide better integrated care. We report qualitative analyses from a three-year multi-method evaluation to identify barriers and facilitators to successful integration of care. THEORY AND METHODS Data were analysed from transcripts of 213 in-depth staff interviews, a...

Collaboration – more than the Collaboration – more than the Collaboration – more than the Collaboration – more than the Collaboration – more than the exchange of information exchange of information exchange of information exchange of information exchange of information the data and information upon which that knowledge is based " [14] p4 1 According to Porter and Millar [36], ICTs, by facilitat...

Increasingly, organisations are emphasizing more cooperative trading relationships with the view to constructing long-term collaborative partnerships. Often firms introduce Internet-based systems to integrate strategic suppliers into collaborative networks. In reality, many of these collaborative supply chain systems have underperformed or been terminated. Frequently these inter-organisational ...