The use of financial incentives to improve quality in health care has become widespread.
Yet evidence on the effectiveness of incentives suggests that they have generally had …

Abstract Background Middle Managers (MMs) are thought to play a pivotal role as
knowledge brokers (KBs) in healthcare organizations. However, the role of MMs who …

“Building on extensive real-life experience with EBP, this expert team from University of Iowa
Hospitals & Clinics provides vital guidance to clinicians at the cutting edge of care …

The purpose of this study is to provide a new perspective of the motivation-performance link,
and the influence of satisfying each basic human needs, described by Maslow's hierarchy of …

Currently, companies in the energy sector are focus on sustainable growth, although they
face many challenges, including the peculiarities of their operations. One of the features of …

Background: Quality indicators are registered to monitor and improve the quality of care.
However, the number and effectiveness of quality indicators is under debate, and may …

Using prices of hospital admissions and visits to five types of physicians, we analyzed how
provider and insurer market concentration—as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman …

In accordance with the National Organ Transplant Act and Department of Health and Human
Services' Final Rule, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) publicly …

Payment systems for specialists in hospitals can have far reaching consequences for the
efficiency and quality of care. This article presents a comparative analysis of payment …

Objective To identify roles physicians assumed as part of new health care delivery models
and related strategies that facilitated physician engagement across 21 Health Care …