Sustainability of healthcare improvement: What can we learn from learning theory?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hovlid, Einar ^a,b   Bukve, Oddbjørn ^a   Haug, Kjell ^b   Aslaksen, Aslak Bjarne ^b,c   Von Plessen, Christian ^b,d,e  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Learning theory; Organizational learning; Quality improvement; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84864497169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-235     Document Type: Article

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