The contingencies of organizational learning in long-term care: Factors that affect innovation adoption

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 282-292

  Berta, Whitney ^a   Teare, Gary F ^a,b,c,d   Gilbart, Erin ^e   Ginsburg, Liane Soberman ^f   Lemieux Charles, Louise ^a   Davis, Dave ^a,g   Rappolt, Susan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Quality Measurement and Analysis   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Innovation adoption process; Knowledge transfer; Long term care organizationai learning

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 27844548924     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200510000-00002     Document Type: Review

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