Essays about: "scope of hospital management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words scope of hospital management.

  1. 1. Systematic observation in healthcare: Utility and limitations of a threat and error management-based safety audit

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Andrew Grose; [2018]
    Keywords : healthcare; systematic observation; threat and error management; patient safety; FLMU06; CRM; Crew Resource Management; teamwork; team performance; General Works;

    Abstract : Improving teamwork has become a major safety goal for healthcare organizations. Audit tools currently available are useful, but they remain inadequate because they are reactive and fail to provide context for “the interaction between people and the operational context (i.e. READ MORE

  3. 2. Serving specialized patient segments in a diversified context : A knowledge perspective on the case of Karolinska University Laboratory

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Operations Management

    Author : Anna Löfgren; Filippa Danared; [2017]
    Keywords : value-based healthcare; related diversification; specialization in healthcare; focus in healthcare; network theory; knowledge management; ancillary service function; integration; coordination; hospital; process orientation; healthcare management;

    Abstract : Fragmentation in healthcare has led to a desire to align and integrate care processes horizontally. The concept of value-based healthcare has been introduced, suggesting a maximized value creation to occur when optimal conditions are created for selected patient segments, integrating all activities that jointly determine the success in meeting a set of patient needs. READ MORE

  4. 3. How to manage the uncertain? An exploratory case study of the challenges associated with defining success criteria for innovation projects

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Viktor Karlsson; Ludvig Nylin Mossberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Project management; Success criteria; Success factors; Innovation; Healthcare;

    Abstract : Ageing populations are globally putting pressure on policy-makers to invest in innovations that can improve and streamline healthcare practices. As these investments use scarce public resources policy- makers need to be able to justify the investments to various stakeholders in society. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Point Of Care Terminal For COPD Home Management

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Sabarish Kandasamy Sekar; [2016]
    Keywords : ICT; Home Management; Point Of Care Terminal;

    Abstract : Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is currently one of the most prevalent lung diseases around the world, which runs an insidious course, measured over years, with an often-undiagnosed initial phase. Present clinical treatment approach for COPD results in repeated clinical visits and extended hospital stays burdening the available healthcare infrastructures, economy, and also impacting patient quality of life. READ MORE

  6. 5. The new payment mechanism. And its effects on the management control systems of health care centers

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Arvid Andersson; Zhen Yu Huang; [2010-09-06]
    Keywords : Payment mechanism; health care; hospital managerial accounting;

    Abstract : Background and problem discussion: The cost of health care in Sweden has increased and is projected to continue doing so, while at the same time the financial resources are limited. As studies show that different management control systems (MCS) can decrease the cost within the health care sector, it is interesting to see how MCS can solve the financial problem that has arisen. READ MORE