Design and objectives Every organisation has a unique culture. There is a widely held view
that a positive organisational culture is related to positive patient outcomes. Following the …

Background Workarounds circumvent or temporarily 'fix'perceived workflow hindrances to
meet a goal or to achieve it more readily. Behaviours fitting the definition of workarounds …

Victor Hugo once wrote “Greater than the march of mighty armies is an idea whose time has
come”. Complexity science is not a new idea, but in 2017 its time has surely come in relation …

Health care is everywhere under tremendous pressure with regard to efficiency, safety, and
economic viability-to say nothing of having to meet various political agendas-and has …

This paper examines the relationship between senior management team culture and
organizational performance in English acute hospitals (NHS Trusts) over three time periods …

Background While there is a considerable corpus of theoretical and empirical literature on
networks within and outside of the health sector, multiple research questions are yet to be …

Background High performing hospitals attain excellence across multiple measures of
performance and multiple departments. Studying high performing hospitals can be valuable …

Abstract Background The concept of Organizational Culture (OC) which refers to the pattern
of values, norms, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions may not be articulated through verbal …

Objectives To examine the basis of multidisciplinary teamwork. In real-world healthcare
settings, clinicians often cluster in profession-based tribal silos, form hierarchies and exhibit …

Over the last two decades healthcare quality and safety have risen to the fore of health
policy and research. This has largely been informed by theoretical and empirical ideas …