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 Two of the current methodological barriers to implementation science efforts are
the lack of agreement regarding constructs hypothesized to affect implementation success …

This book is the result of a study path that started in 2006, when the two authors of this book
published the book Data Quality: Concepts, Methodologies and Techniques. After 8 years …

Fueled by public incidents and growing evidence of deficiencies in care, concern over the
quality and outcomes of care has increased in both the United Kingdom and the United …

Organizational culture is widely considered to be one of the most significant factors in
reforming and modernizing public administration and service delivery. This article …

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

Abstract Background The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services,
or PARIHS, framework is a theoretical framework widely promoted as a guide to implement …

A consistent finding in articles on quality improvement in health care is that change is difficult
to achieve. According to the research literature, the majority of interventions are targeted at …

Objective. To review the quantitative instruments available to health service researchers
who want to measure culture and cultural change. Data Sources. A literature search was …

Background: A report by the Institute of Medicine suggests that changing the culture of
health care organizations may improve patient safety. Research in this area, however, is …