Entrepreneurship within health care – a dilemma of identity and profession

This paper focuses on specific area of entrepreneurship – health care services. Insufficient commercial business knowledge by the managers of SME health care businesses and a lack of entrepreneurial skills relative to the medical care industry could also be considered barriers to growth or barriers to survival within a crisis environment. An analysis of the strategic elasticity of small a health care organisation could help find an answer to the question of how this specialised business segment, with its multi-faceted sources of finance, might deal with challenges from the external environment and what mixture of strategies might they use to achieve their goals. This will allow the organisations to be proactive with regard to market risk and to construct their own model of behaviour under the four pillars of crisis strategic behaviour – marketing, financial, personal and plan of supply of services. How can one utilise the fundamental planning pillars within health care businesses when the behaviour itself is not predicable? What interactions support the dynamics and adaptability of the business in a positive way? Can different types of stakeholders (or other factors such as business age or interconnections) shed light on developing a better understanding of strategy making in health care services? This paper compares the original options of measurement based on modelling with ROC curves and reflects upon the possible problems of applying this option to the context. A detailed analysis of the data suggest the following results – better understanding about health care management/business and how to strategically guide such businesses in a unique regulatory environment. And answer the question – do physicians make good managers/businesspeople or would it be better for them to delegate this role to an experienced business manager. From a practitioner perspective, the paper will give feedback for entrepreneurial effectiveness in this specialized area of commercial activity.

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Participative management in health care services

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v18i1.1347 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Muller

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Inductive Reasoning ◽

Participative Management ◽

Management Approach ◽

Health Care Organisation ◽

Care Services ◽

Care Organisation ◽

Interactive Decision Making

The need and demand for the highest-quality management of all health care delivery activities requires a participative management approach. The purpose with this article is to explore the process of participative management, to generate and describe a model for such management, focusing mainly on the process of participative management, and to formulate guidelines for operationalisation of the procedure. An exploratory, descriptive and theory-generating research design is pursued. After a brief literature review, inductive reasoning is mainly employed to identify and define central concepts, followed by the formulation of a few applicable statements and guidelines. Participative management is viewed as a process of that constitutes the elements of dynamic interactive decision-making and problem-solving, shared governance, empowerment, organisational transformation, and dynamic communication within the health care organisation. The scientific method of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation is utilised throughout the process of participative management.

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Organizational structure, environment and management innovation

Global Journal of Business Economics and Management Current Issues ◽

10.18844/gjbem.v9i3.4450 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 134-142

Author(s):

Wojciech Głód

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Innovation Management ◽

Social Needs ◽

Management Innovation ◽

Organisational Structure ◽

Health Care Organisation ◽

Care Services ◽

Care Organisation ◽

Structure Environment

Increasing health care marketisation may be, in broader sense, perceived as a mechanism providing the foundation for seeking new ways to rationalise operations in this area. These efforts aim to increase the efficiency of the health care sector, to better adjust health care services to social needs and to improve the management of scarce resources. The core of the process is treating a health care organisation as a partner for other actors and examining its strategic partners. The study aims to present the relationships among the characteristics of the environment, organisational structure and innovation management. Keywords: Health care, Poland, organisational structure, environment, management innovation.

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Implementation of Sustainable Complex Interventions in Health Care Services: The Triple C Model

10.21203/rs.3.rs-87039/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Hanan Khalil ◽

Kate Kynoch

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Complex Interventions ◽

Practice Change ◽

Health Care Organisation ◽

Implementation Project ◽

Implementation Model ◽

Care Services ◽

Three Stages

Abstract Background The changing and evolving healthcare means organisations are under increasing pressure to deliver value-based, high quality care to patients through enabling access, reducing costs and improving outcomes. These factors result in an increased pressure to deliver efficient and beneficial interventions to improve patient care and ensure sustainability beyond the scope of the implementation of such interventions. This paper discusses the development of a triple C model for implementation that ensures sustainability of complex interventions in health care services. Methods In order to develop the proposed implementation model, we adapted the formal tradition of theory building that is described in sociology. Firstly, through a review of the literature on complex interventions and the available implementation models used to embed these interventions. Secondly, devising a framework that encompassed these findings into a simple and workable model that can be easily embedded into everyday practice. This proposed model uses clear, systemic explanation, adds to the current knowledge in this area and is fit for purpose, providing healthcare workers with a simple easy-to-follow framework to embed practice change. Results A three-stage implementation model was devised based on the findings of the literature and named the Triple C model (Consultation, Collaboration and Consolidation). The three stages are interconnected and overlap to ensure sustainability is considered at all levels of the project ensuring its greater success. This model considers the sustainability within any implementation project. Sustainability of interventions are a key consideration for continuous and successful change in any health care organisation. A set of criteria were developed for each of the three stages to ensure adaptability and sustainment of interventions are maintained throughout the life of the intervention.Conclusion Ensuring sustainability of interventions requires continuing effort and embedding the need for sustainability throughout all stages of an implementation project. The Triple C model offers a new approach for healthcare clinicians to ensure sustainability of organizational change.

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Building Indigenous health workforce capacity and capability through leadership – the Miwatj health leadership model

Primary Health Care Research & Development ◽

10.1017/s1463423621000554 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

Author(s):

Stephen Harfield ◽

Carol Davy ◽

Anna Dawson ◽

Eddie Mulholland ◽

Annette Braunack-Mayer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Indigenous Health ◽

Cultural Safety ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Indigenous Leadership ◽

Health Care Organisation ◽

Leadership Model ◽

Care Services ◽

Formal Leadership

Abstract Aim: In the crowded field of leadership research, Indigenous leadership remains under-researched. This article explores the Leadership Model of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Primary Health Care Organisation providing services to the Yolngu people of remote northern Australia: the Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation (Miwatj). Background: The limited research which does exist on Indigenous leadership points to unique challenges for Indigenous leaders. These challenges relate to fostering self-determination in their communities, managing significant community expectations, and navigating a path between culturally divergent approaches to management and leadership. Methods: Guided by Indigenous methodology and using a mixed methods approach, semi-structured interviews, self-reported health service data, organisational and publicly available documents, and literature were analysed using a framework method of thematic analysis to identify key themes of the Miwatj Leadership Model. Findings: The Miwatj Leadership Model is underpinned by three distinctive elements: it offers Yolngu people employment opportunities; it supports staff who want to move into leadership positions and provides capacity building through certificates and diplomas; and it provides for the physical, emotional, and cultural wellbeing of all Yolngu staff. Furthermore, the model respects traditional Yolngu forms of authority and empowers the community to develop, manage and sustain their own health. The Miwatj Leadership Model has been successful in providing formal pathways to support Indigenous staff to take on leadership roles, and has improved the accessibility and acceptability of health care services as a result of Yolngu employment and improved cultural safety. Conclusions: Translating the Miwatj Leadership Model into other health services will require considerable thought and commitment. The Miwatj Leadership Model can be adapted to meet the needs of other health care services in consideration of the unique context within which they operate. This study has demonstrated the importance of having a formal leadership model that promotes recruitment, retention, and career progression for Indigenous staff.

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EMERGENCE OF TELE-REHABILITATION IN THE FIELD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation ◽

10.36283/pjr.zu.4.2/001 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Amna Amir Khan

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Specific Area ◽

International Market ◽

Physical Distance ◽

Rehabilitation Services ◽

Health Care Professions ◽

Allied Health Care ◽

Care Services ◽

Number Of Factors

Accessibility of patients/clients towards rehabilitation services, a core area is difficult to approach but not impossible; requiring effective applicability. A number of factors are limiting the availability of health care services not only in Pakistan but throughout the International market, including: physical distance from health facilities, an impairment preventing or restricting attendance at a local service, a lack of clinicians and transportation in any specific area or the inadequate provision of resources in a geographical region.It has almost been 2 decades, when Tele Health (TH) emerged in the field of medicine and other Allied Health Care professions still the implementation is negligible.

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Integrated AHP-TOPSIS Method for the Assessment of Health Management Information Systems Efficiency

Economic Themes ◽

10.1515/ethemes-2017-0008 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 121-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Žarko Rađenović ◽

Ivana Veselinović

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Systems ◽

Health Information ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Health Management ◽

Health Information Systems ◽

Topsis Method ◽

Health Care Organisation ◽

Care Organisation ◽

Electronic Health

Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyse and estimate the efficiency of health information systems in the provision of health care services. The evaluation of health information systems is conducted in the case of three most widely used softwares in the electronic health care. This evaluation is based on multi-criteria analysis of the health information systems efficiency using the AHP-TOPSIS method. This method, based on common attributes and their respective values for all three software solutions, individually determines the best rated software solution. Top rated software solution of electronic health care is not necessarily the best for the implementation and development, given the fact that each health care organisation has its own characteristics. Functional and evolutionary-minded hardware and software applicative infrastructure contributes to the consistency of electronic health concept that all system users provides a comfortable software solutions, which ultimately leads to the timely and quick medical services in real time.

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