Facilitating Organisational Change in Primary Care

Facilitating Organisational Change in Primary Care
Author: Marion Duffy
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2000
Genre: Group facilitation
ISBN: 9781857754957

Clinicians and managers are increasingly required to participate in or manage new initiatives which depend heavily on co-operation, collaboration and a multidisciplinary approach, where effective interpersonal and group skills are of vital importance. This practical guide encourages the reader to determine how their organisations work and the impact they have on their members. It draws on the experiences of primary care research and development projects and contains numerous case studies, tips and techniques to manage change. It is an essential guide for healthcare professionals in primary care, and will equip those working in practice, and facilitators working with practices, with a clear understanding of how to achieve successful acceptance and management of change.

Facilitating Groups in Primary Care

Facilitating Groups in Primary Care
Author: Marion Duffy
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315348284

Medicine is one of the oldest professions; in common with law, it tends to complicate or mystify its writings by persistent use of obscure jargon. However, an increasing number of lay workers, including administrators, practice managers, medical secretaries, lawyers, social workers and care assistants, are required to be able to interpret medical records, reports and prescriptions. This book unlocks the mystery of medicine for all those whose work involves the use of medical terms, whether in hospital or general practice, or as health authority employees. It will meet the needs of most as a quick, accurate reference source for fundamental anatomical, physiological, clinical and pharmacological terms.

Managing Change in Healthcare

Managing Change in Healthcare
Author: Paul Parkin
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2009-05-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1412922593

The management of change in the context of new policy directives and agendas is a critical issue for healthcare practitioners. All professionals – not just managers - need to develop and implement new services designed to bring patients into the centre of healthcare delivery. This book looks at the leadership, interpersonal, and management skills needed to manage such change effectively within multi-professional healthcare settings.

Integrating Primary Healthcare

Integrating Primary Healthcare
Author: Paul Thomas
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315345307

This book combines models, theory and practical advice that guides clinicians, managers and facilitators to lead integrated primary health care. Using case studies and real life examples, the practical sections are cross-referred to theoretical sections that show how theories of whole system learning and change can be applied in different situations. Exercises help the reader to devise their own tailor-made interventions in small organisations, in networks, and in large institutions. The latest theories about leadership in complex situations are covered and challenges to traditional approaches to research and understandings of health are made. This book is perfect for those who lead or teach change in health care institutions such as primary care organisations, in small organisations such as general practices, and through networks. In particular practitioners and managers who wish to make sense of complex interacting factors will find it of great benefit.

A Sense of Urgency

A Sense of Urgency
Author: John P. Kotter
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2008
Genre: Leadership
ISBN: 1422179710

In his international bestseller "Leading Change," Kotter provided an action plan for implementing successful transformations. Now, he shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework: creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see and feel the need for change.

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare
Author: Gill Harvey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2015-03-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1136768157

The successful implementation of evidence into practice is dependent on aligning the available evidence to the particular context through the active ingredient of facilitation. Designed to support the widely recognised PARIHS framework, which works as a guide to plan, action and evaluate the implementation of evidence into practice, this book provides a very practical ‘how-to’ guide for facilitating the whole process. This text discusses: undertaking an initial diagnosis of the context and reaching a consensus on the evidence to be implemented; how to link the research evidence with clinical and patients’ experience and local information in the form of audit data or patient and staff feedback; the range of diagnostic, consensus building and stakeholder consultation methods that can be helpful; a description of facilitator roles and facilitation methods, tools and techniques; some of theories that underpin the PARIHS framework and how these have been integrated to inform a revised version of PARIHS Including internationally-sourced case study examples to illustrate how the facilitation role and facilitation skills have been applied in a range of different health care settings, this is the ideal text for those interested in leading or facilitating evidence based implementation projects, from the planning stage through to evaluation.

Challenging Perspectives on Organizational Change in Health Care

Challenging Perspectives on Organizational Change in Health Care
Author: Louise Fitzgerald
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317428005

This volume provides theory and research on organizational change and predominantly features the application of these ideas to the health care domain, broadly defined. It addresses enduring issues in advancing to an effective health care system. The aim of this book is to offer an accessible and readable text aimed at provoking thought and questioning, and aiding creativity. It proffers arguments and ideas which are firmly based in empirical data and evidence, so that the reader may make informed personal evaluations. This book is designed to furnish a comprehensive theoretical basis for understanding organizational change in health care, as well as selected core issues of contemporary and future importance to the provision of effective care within sustainable systems. A series of coherent themes are addressed throughout the book from differing perspectives. However, every chapter has been written to standalone and be read independently. Each offers resources relevant to its’ focal topic, in the form of references, case studies and critique. Setting out a future research agenda, the book will be vital reading for organizational change researchers and practitioners in the healthcare industry.

Organization Development in Healthcare

Organization Development in Healthcare
Author: Jason A. Wolf
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0857247093

This collection of critical ideas relating organization science to operations and accomplishments in the health care environment provides a thematic guide for leaders, practitioners, academics and administrators. It pulls in a broad cross-section of perspectives on the important linkage of scholarship and practice with a solid global perspective.

Patient Safety and Quality

Patient Safety and Quality
Author: Ronda Hughes
Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies

Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2019-10-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9264805907

This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.