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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Health Informatics JournalVolume: 22Issue: 3DOI: 10.1177/146045821559
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PublicationChallenges for inter-departmental cooperation in hospitals: Results from cross-case analysisBackground: Increased economic pressure and rising quality expectations force hospitals to use their resources more efficiently than ever. Therefore, hospitals specialise to generate quality advantages and link up with other hospitals to generate economies of scale. In this light of increasing organisational complexity of growing hospitals, successful inter-departmental coop- eration is discussed as an important lever for mitigation of these growing challenges.Purpose: A core requirement for successful inter-departmental cooperation is the sufficient knowledge about potential barriers and challenges in such complex organisations. Unfortunately, existing literature does not address this question in a structured way. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide a list of challenges that can occur in a hospital environment and to suggest initiatives to overcome or reduce these challenges.Method: The author follows a case study approach based on the data from scaled- and open interviews with members of different professional groups in two hospitals. To generate a holistic picture, the phenomenon is studied from a strategic-, process- and technological perspective. Furthermore cases are compared in a cross-case analysis to improve generalisability.Results: Challenges identified from the three different perspectives are presented and compared in the cross-case comparison. Furthermore, potential initiatives to overcome the identified challenges are presented.Conclusion: The study reveals that several challenges on organisational and technological level hinder inter-departmental cooperation. Among these are distrust in the medical service quality, lack of skills of employees as well insufficient data integration and media breaks.Type: journal articleJournal: Health Policy and TechnologyVolume: 4Issue: 1
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: International Journal of Health Information Management ResearchVolume: 1Issue: 1
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Professional Process: Zeitschrift für modernes Prozessmanagement im GesundheitswesenIssue: 2
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PublicationBenefits of Professional Social Networks: Expectations and Design Implications for the Healthcare Domain(York St. John University & University of Sheffield, 2015-06-25)
;Bath, Peter ;Spring, HannahSen, BarbaraSocial technologies are increasingly adopted across industries as they incorporate potential business value. Also the healthcare industry could profit from social technologies as the members of healthcare institutions have to be connected and collaborate with each other in order to reach their ambitious efficiency targets. Existing social networking sites like Facebook address the need of communication and information exchange but at the same time they are posing a challenge with regard to medical confidentiality and other privacy concerns. Taking a design science research perspective we identify current challenges of social networks for health professionals by analyzing existing social networking sites. These challenges are discussion points for qualitative in-depth interviews that focus on benefit expectations regarding professional social networks. At the end, seven design propositions for the design of social networks for health professionals are derived.Type: conference paper -
PublicationDesign and Implementation Challenges of Maturity Models for Healthcare Organizations: An Experience Report(Dalhousie University and University of Sheffield, 2013-06-26)
;Abidi, Syed Sibte RazaBath, Peter A.In the recent years a wide range of generic and domain-specific maturity models (MM) have been developed in order to improve organizational design and learning of healthcare organizations. While many of these studies describe methods on how to measure dedicated aspects of a healthcare organization's maturity, little evidence exists on how to effectively implement and deploy them into practice. This paper therefore delineates the encountered challenges during the design and implementation of three maturity models for distinct improvement areas in hospitals. The findings of this study, on the one hand, may serve as basis for refining existing MM design approaches; on the other hand, it may facilitate further research in domain-specific organizational design with MM.Type: conference paper -
PublicationHCMM - A Maturity Model for Measuring and Assessing the Quality of Cooperation between and within HospitalsIncreased competition and market dynamics in healthcare force hospitals to intensify their efforts toward specialization and cooperation with others. In this paper, a maturity model is discussed that assists hospitals in evolving the required strategic, organizational, and technical capabilities in a systematic way so that the formation of collaborative structures and processes is efficient and effective. The so-called Hospital Cooperation Maturity Model (HCMM), queries a total of 36 reference points reflecting 3 distinct organizational dimensions relevant for the ability to cooperate. On the one hand it can be used as basis for benchmarking the quality of cooperation between a particular hospital and its business partners; on the other hand, it can also be applied as common ground for shared learning and improvement initiatives. In order to demonstrate its usability and applicability, an instantiation in form of a software prototype is presented. The paper ends with recommendations for healthcare practice and future research.Type: conference paperVolume: 25
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PublicationTowards a Hospital Cooperation Maturity Model - Construction and Evaluation of a Maturity Model and a corresponding Tool for the Identification of Challenges and Success Factors for Cooperation in the Hospital Sector(University of Zurich, 2011-09-08)
;Bath, Peter A. ;Raptis, Dimitri A.Sen, Barbara A.Type: conference paper -
PublicationGesundheitsnetz Bodensee - Aufbau einer grenzüberschreitenden Plattform für den Erfahrungs- und Wissensaustausch von Gesundheitsdienstleistern(Medical Future Verl., 2013)Duesberg, Frank
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PublicationType: book section