Foundations of Trust for E-Health

2012 ◽  
pp. 1167-1193
Author(s):  
Cynthia L. Corritore ◽  
Beverly Kracher ◽  
Susan Wiedenbeck ◽  
Robert Marble
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Online Trust ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
High Level

Trust has always been an important element of healthcare. As healthcare evolves into ehealth, a question arises: What will the nature of trust be in ehealth? In this chapter the authors provide the reader with a foundation for considering this question from a research perspective. The authors focus on one ehealth domain: online websites. The chapter begins with a high-level overview of the body of offline trust research. Next, findings related to online trust are presented, along with a working definition. Trust research in the context of online health care is then examined, although this body of work is in its infancy. A detailed discussion of our research in the area of online trust is then presented. Finally, with this background, we take the reader through some possible research questions that are interesting candidates for future research on the nature of trust in ehealth.

Foundations of Trust for E-Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 49-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia L. Corritore ◽  
Beverly Kracher ◽  
Susan Wiedenbeck ◽  
Robert Marble
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Online Trust ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
High Level

Trust has always been an important element of healthcare. As healthcare evolves into ehealth, a question arises: What will the nature of trust be in ehealth? In this chapter the authors provide the reader with a foundation for considering this question from a research perspective. The authors focus on one ehealth domain: online websites. The chapter begins with a high-level overview of the body of offline trust research. Next, findings related to online trust are presented, along with a working definition. Trust research in the context of online health care is then examined, although this body of work is in its infancy. A detailed discussion of our research in the area of online trust is then presented. Finally, with this background, we take the reader through some possible research questions that are interesting candidates for future research on the nature of trust in ehealth.

Business to business (B2B) alliances in the healthcare industry: a review of research trends and pertinent issues

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Thirumalesh Madanaguli ◽  
Amandeep Dhir ◽  
Shalini Talwar ◽  
Gurmeet Singh ◽  
Octavio Escobar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Profile ◽  
B2b Relationships ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Business To Business

Purpose This study aims to find, analyse and synthesise the body of literature on how different health-care businesses form business-to-business (B2B) alliances. By doing so, this study seeks to identify visible research gaps to suggest future research questions and develop a conceptual framework to set a future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach The study uses the time-tested systematic literature review method to identify 57 studies that have addressed B2B relationships in the health-care industry. Thereafter, a qualitative analysis is performed to delineate the research profile and synthesise the key themes examined in the selected studies. Findings The qualitative analysis uncovers two key thematic foci: types and purposes of B2B relationships and pertinent issues in continued B2B relationships. Within these themes, the authors highlight different types of firms and their reasons for engaging in B2B relationships. The authors also summarise various issues that these firms deal with in such relationships. Finally, the authors highlight the limitations in the existing research and suggest future research questions to address them. The findings are summarised in a conceptual framework. Originality/value Although several reviews exist that evaluate the state-of-the-art research on B2B relationships, very few have examined the same in the context of health care. This review adds value to the research by providing a comprehensive overview of the existing findings in the area to encourage future research through a conceptual framework.

scholarly journals Food cold chain management

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 792-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shashi Shashi ◽  
Roberto Cerchione ◽  
Rajwinder Singh ◽  
Piera Centobelli ◽  
Amir Shabani
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Literature Highlight

Purpose Since last few years, cold chain management (CCM) has gained growing interest among practitioners, policymakers, researchers and academicians. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review focused on food cold chain management (FCCM) over the last 16 years to identify state of the art in the literature, highlight research gaps and define appropriate research questions (RQs) for future research. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes the content of 89 research articles published on the topic of food cold chain (FCC) from 2001 to 2016 within different journals. The Scopus and Web of Science databases were taken into consideration to shortlist research articles. Henceforth, the authors scrutinized the FCC industry to offer some effective strategies to tackle the chain complexities. The authors also draw interwoven between FCC infrastructure, integration, stakeholders’ interest, value addition, partners’ performance and overall food cold chain performance (FCCP) into a conceptual framework. Findings This paper identifies four research gaps in the literature of FCC concerning the most popular approaches used for the FCCP measurement, the performance measurement metrics, the factors which negatively affect the FCCP and the main sustainability issues in FCC. Originality/value This study identifies RQs which represent possible areas of investigation to improve the body of the FCCP evaluation and management. Furthermore, the FCC practitioners, food authorities and researchers might find this review useful, as it draws a clear picture of research in the respective domain.

Outsidership vs insidership – internationalization of health-care SMEs

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Lagerström ◽  
Cecilia Lindholm
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
The Body ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Market Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Market ◽  
Liability Of Outsidership ◽  
High Level

Purpose The paper aims to explore how small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the health-care sector overcome the liability of being an outsider, instead of gaining a position as an insider in new networks in markets abroad and subsequently internationalizing. The following research questions are posed: How do firms in complex health-care markets build network relationships? How is business market knowledge developed and legitimacy acquired to overcome the liability of outsidership? Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a multiple-case methodology in a nested case study of health-care SMEs, which allows for in-depth study of the importance of network relationships, business market knowledge development and legitimacy building to enter a target market; the study maps the activities and different actor roles as the entry process unfolds. The study draws on empirical evidence from 13 companies as well as industry and interest organizations. Findings The results provide support for process-based explanations of how, but also of why the internationalization of health-care SMEs takes place in distinctive sequential phases, where it is necessary to complete one phase before it is possible to embark on the next. The study answers the calls for more empirical studies capturing how firms actively enter networks to overcome the liability of outsidership, become insiders and subsequently internationalize. Originality/value The principal contribution of the authors’ study is to add to the body of research on internationalization and advance the understanding of how to build an insidership position in relevant networks by overcoming the liability of outsidership. By choosing to study firms in the health-care sector, the authors also contribute to the limited research on firms entering markets characterized by a high level of complexity.

scholarly journals Energy Metabolism

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
PAJ Perera ◽  
Faiz MMT Marikar
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Considerable Progress ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Made In

This review considers how our understanding of energy utilized by energy metabolism has progressed since the pioneering work on this topic in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Research has been stimulated by a desire to understand how metabolic events contribute to the development of the body into the different phases, the need of considering health with which to improve the success of implication on public health. Nevertheless, considerable progress has been made in defining the roles of the traditional nutrients: pyruvate, glucose, lactate and amino acids; originally considered as energy sources and biosynthetic precursors, but now recognised as having multiple, overlapping functions. Other nutrients; notably, lipids, are beginning to attract the attention they deserve. The review concludes by up-dating the state of knowledge of energy metabolism in the early 1970s and listing some future research questions. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmb.v6i2.17646Bangladesh J Med Biochem 2013; 6(2): 68-76

scholarly journals Developing research priorities in Australian primary health care: a focus on nutrition and physical activity

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Ball ◽  
Katelyn Barnes ◽  
Michael Leveritt ◽  
Lana Mitchell ◽  
Lauren T. Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviours ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Research Questions

Research priority setting is an important component of research planning, particularly when research options exceed available resources. This study identified the research priorities for supporting healthy lifestyle behaviours in the Australian primary healthcare setting. A five-step stakeholder engagement process was undertaken. Ten stakeholder organisations participated in the process, including patient representatives, health professional associations, health educators, researchers, government advisors and policymakers. Each organisation was asked to provide up to three research questions deemed as a priority. Research questions were critically appraised by the project team for answerability, sustainability, effectiveness, potential for translation and potential to affect disease burden. A blinded scoring system was used to rank the appraised questions, with higher scores indicating higher priority (range of scores possible 87–156). Thirteen unique research questions were submitted by stakeholders and achieved a range of scores from 87 to 139 points. The highest scoring research questions focused on: (i) the effectiveness of different health professionals at facilitating healthy lifestyle behaviours; (ii) the effect of health literacy on behaviour change; and (iii) cost-benefit analysis of healthy lifestyle promotion in primary health care. These priorities can be used to ensure future research projects directly align with the needs and preferences of research end-users.

Individual Psychological Assessment: A Practice and Science in Search of Common Ground

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Silzer ◽  
Richard Jeanneret
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Assessment ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Core Competency ◽  
Clinical Prediction ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Level ◽  
Scientist Practitioner Model

During the past 30 years, individual psychological assessment (IPA) has gained in use and in value to organizations in the management of human resources. However, even though IPA is considered a core competency for industrial–organizational (I–O) psychology, its practice is not without critics. This article is written not only to address several criticisms of IPA but also to discuss a variety of issues that must be taken into consideration if IPA is to advance as a major component of the I–O scientist–practitioner model. We rely upon a working definition of IPA in general but, when possible, focus on executive assessment in particular, given its high level of complexity and growing popularity. We discuss the effectiveness of assessment practice, including the ongoing statistical versus clinical prediction argument and the difficulties with establishing validity. Although we are confident that IPA has many strong research and practice underpinnings, we also propose some important research questions, training guidelines, and opportunities for assessing psychologists to improve their practices.

Renewal and Personal Mastery in Knowledge-Based Organisations

2011 ◽  
pp. 160-179
Author(s):  
Päivi Lohikoski
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personal Mastery ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Employee Wellbeing ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Ict System ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
High Level

Being knowledge management crucial to companies, it seems reasonable to understand an organisation intellectual capital. The three leading components of intellectual capital (human capital, structural capital and relational capital), are intrinsically bounded to the organisational ICT system, organisational structure, and to workers personal mastery. Nonetheless, in order to evolve organisational intellectual capital it is required a high level of personal mastery, which is clearly bounded to human resources. Therefore, this chapter aims to promote a theoretical and empirical discussion in order to understand the diverse dimensions between renewal, personal mastery, and employee wellbeing within a knowledge-based organisation (Finnish ICT-company). For that, the chapter is divided into six major sections: the research questions; theoretical framework and main concepts; the case study organisation and research methods applied; findings; discussion; and future research.

scholarly journals A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR INTEGRATING DESIGN THINKING AND LEAN STARTUP METHODS INTO THE INNOVATION PROCESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Tucker Marion ◽  
David Cannon ◽  
Tahira Reid ◽  
Anna-Maria McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
High Level ◽  
Gaining Insight ◽  
Lean Startup

AbstractDesign thinking is a methodology that comes from the industrial design realm and is centred on culling better needs insight from users. Another popular methodology is based gaining insight on the potential of an opportunity through experimentation, testing, and iterating with users. This is commonly referred to as lean startup methods. However, from a research perspective, we still do not know the most effective way to implement these user focused design methods within the innovation process within organizations, and which aspects of the design process are the most impactful in developing new opportunities. In this research, we propose a high-level conceptual process model on how user focused design methods such as design thinking and lean startup methods can be integrated into the up-front innovation process within organizations. We review the conceptual model, associated activities, and process considerations. The article concludes with thoughts on future research.

Barriers and Facilitators to Automated Patient Self-Scheduling for Health Care Organizations: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Woodcock
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Care Organizations ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
The Body ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Future Research

BACKGROUND Appointment management in the outpatient setting is important for health care organizations as waits and delays lead to poor outcomes. Automated patient self-scheduling of outpatient appointments has demonstrable advantages in the form of patients’ arrival rates, labor savings, patient satisfaction, and more. Despite evidence of the potential benefits of self-scheduling, organizational uptake of self-scheduling in health care has been limited. The goal of this scoping study is to identify the barriers and facilitators to self-scheduling for health care organizations. OBJECTIVE - METHODS A scoping review was conducted by searching four databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Business Source Ultimate and Scopus) and systematically reviewing peer-reviewed studies. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) framework was utilized to catalogue the studies. RESULTS Thirty-one full-text articles were included in the review. Results demonstrated that self-scheduling initiatives have increased over time, indicating the broadening appeal of self-scheduling. The body of literature regarding the intervention characteristics of self-scheduling, including evidence, relative advantage, and adaptability, is appreciable. The influence of national policy was the most-cited external factor, as defined by the CFIR framework. Scholarly pursuit lacked recommendations related to the framework’s inner setting, characteristics of individuals and process. Future discoveries regarding these CFIR domains may help detect, categorize, and appreciate organizational-level barriers and facilitators to self-scheduling to advance knowledge about this solution. CONCLUSIONS The scoping review catalogued evidence of the existence, advantages, and intervention characteristics of patient self-scheduling; gaps in knowledge of the uptake of self-scheduling by health care organizations were identified to inform future research.

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