Managing Change: From Health Policy to Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Ideas and Implementation of Public Health Policies: The Norwegian Case....Pages 9-25
The Path from Policy to Practice: Resilience of Everyday Work in Acute Settings....Pages 26-38
Dealing with the Challenges of Healthcare Reform: American Hospital Systems Strive to Improve Access and Value through Retail Clinics....Pages 39-54
Institutional Logics and Micro-processes in Organizations: A Multi-actor Perspective on Sickness Absence Management in Three Dutch Hospitals....Pages 55-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
The Persistence of Professional Boundaries in Healthcare: A Re-examination Using a Theory of Foundational Values....Pages 73-87
Medical Doctors and Health System Improvement: Synthesis Results and Propositions for Further Research....Pages 88-103
The Role of the Quality Coordinator: Articulation Work in Quality Development....Pages 104-120
The Role of Outside Consultants in Shaping Hospital Organizational Change....Pages 121-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
NHS Managers: From Administrators to Entrepreneurs?....Pages 139-154
Opportunity Does Matter: Supporting Doctors-in-Management in Hospitals....Pages 155-169
A New Approach to Hybrid Leadership Development....Pages 170-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Scotland ‘Bold and Brave’? Conditions for Creating a Coherent National Healthcare Quality Strategy....Pages 189-205
The Social Spaces of Accountability in Hybridized Healthcare Organizations....Pages 206-221
Culture Shock and the NHS Diaspora: Coping with Cultural Difference in Public-Private Partnerships....Pages 222-237
Organizational Healthcare Innovation Performed by Contextual Sense Making....Pages 238-253
Back Matter....Pages 254-262