Organisational innovation in health services

A highly readable account of how and why NHS treatment centres evolved with practical lessons based on case study research.

Sommario

Introduction; Transplanted roots - where the innovation came from; Fertile ground? The organisational milieux of the treatment centres; Taking up the challenge: local motives for the innovation; The impact of the wider policy context; Achieving the goals? How and why the treatment centres evolved; Improving practice? Evidence of innovative ways of working; Summary and conclusions: making sense of what happened; Implications for policy, practice and research.

Info autore

The authors are a multidisciplinary team of senior and internationally recognised researchers from the Universities of London and Southampton. John Gabbay researches into the way that knowledge enters policy and practice in organisations. Andrée le May is renowned for her work on knowledge in practice. Catherine Pope is a distinguished qualitative methodologist with long experience in ethnographic research in healthcare. Glenn Robert specialises in organisational studies on quality and service improvement and large-scale change in healthcare. Paul Bate is a leading authority on organisational development and change management, including healthcare in the UK and USA. Mary-Ann Elston is a well-known researcher and teacher in medical sociology.

Riassunto

A highly readable account of how and why NHS treatment centres evolved with practical lessons based on case study research.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Bate, Paul (Royal Free and University College Medical School Bate, Mary Ann Elston, Mary-Ann (Department of Health and Social Care Elston, Gabbay, John Gabbay, John (Wessex Institute for Health R) Gabbay, Andr¿(c)e le May, Andr¿©e le May, Andree le May, Andrée le May, Andree (School of Nursing and Midwifery le May, Catherine Pope, Catherine (School of Nursing and Midwifery Pope, Glenn Robert, Glenn (King's College London) Robert
• Editore: Policy Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.04.2011
• EAN: 9781847424785
• ISBN: 978-1-84742-478-5
• Pagine: 184
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 10 mm
• Peso: 289 g
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali