Sweat the small stuff: A case study of small-scale change processes and consequences in acute care

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-17

  Moore, Cíara ^a   Buchanan, David A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hospital care; Medical managerial relationships; Organizational change; Problem solving; Processual perspective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY CARE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

CRITICAL CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84890212483     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951484813488060     Document Type: Article

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