Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 19 Issue 1

General practitioner non‐principals benefit from flexible working

Fiona French, Jane Andrew, Morag Awramenko, Helen Coutts, Linda Leighton‐Beck, Jill Mollison, Gillian Needham, Anthony Scott, Kim Walker

The purpose of this study is to explore non‐principals’ working patterns and attitudes to work.

Beyond strategy: Exploring the brokerage role of facilities manager in hospitals

H.K.S. Heng, W.D. McGeorge, M. Loosemore

Seeks to explore the brokerage role of facilities manager in hospitals, based on the premise that facilities management (FM) is largely concerned with “strategic brokerage”…

Telehealth adoption in hospitals:an organisational perspective

Marie‐Pierre Gagnon, Lise Lamothe, Jean‐Paul Fortin, Alain Cloutier, Gaston Godin, Camille Gagné, Daniel Reinharz

The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of hospitals’ organisational characteristics on telehealth adoption by health‐care centres involved in the extended…

Mapping care pathways for the elderly

Korina Katsaliaki, Sally Brailsford, David Browning, Peter Knight

Purpose – Aims to describe a project carried out within Hampshire Social Services investigating potential care pathways for older people after discharge from hospital and to show…

Taking a closer look: Using deconstruction to explore recent Department of Health policy guidelines on Copying Letters to Patients

Wendy J. Neil

This article aims to explore the value of deconstruction in the analysis of a health policy document.