Handling COVID-19 in hospitals
Type
applied research project
Start Date
March 10, 2020
Status
ongoing
Keywords
Hospitals
organizational resilience
COVID-19
Description
Topic: With the unfolding pandemic, we explore how hospitals cope with COVID-19 aim to contribute to a dynamic conceptualization of organizational resilience. These contributions also aim to better understand the handling of crises that unfold over time, instead of those that occur as a discrete event.
Approach: Unlike often retrospective studies, we accompany two hospitals directly for a comparative, longitudinal case study. The qualitative methods include observations, documents, repeated interviews on a daily and weekly interval, retrospective interviews, and focus groups. To analyse these process data, a contextualist framework is substantiated with a content analysis of central themes unfolding over time.
Results: This study aims to contribute to a more detailed understanding of (a) a crisis unfolding as a disruptive process (instead of as an event) and of (b) a dynamic conceptualization of organizational resilience. In addition, we contribute and actively feed back the emerging insights to the practitioners to support them in drawing crucial lessons learned for future pandemics, and for developing hospital management.
Duration: Beginning in March 12, 2020, and ongoing (depending on the unfolding pandemic).
Approach: Unlike often retrospective studies, we accompany two hospitals directly for a comparative, longitudinal case study. The qualitative methods include observations, documents, repeated interviews on a daily and weekly interval, retrospective interviews, and focus groups. To analyse these process data, a contextualist framework is substantiated with a content analysis of central themes unfolding over time.
Results: This study aims to contribute to a more detailed understanding of (a) a crisis unfolding as a disruptive process (instead of as an event) and of (b) a dynamic conceptualization of organizational resilience. In addition, we contribute and actively feed back the emerging insights to the practitioners to support them in drawing crucial lessons learned for future pandemics, and for developing hospital management.
Duration: Beginning in March 12, 2020, and ongoing (depending on the unfolding pandemic).
Leader contributor(s)
Member contributor(s)
Tschopp, Flavio
Partner(s)
Kantonsspital St.Gallen
Kantonsspital Graubünden
Topic(s)
Hospitals coping with COVID-19
Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Division(s)
Eprints ID
247899