Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 29 Issue 4

How and why medically-trained managers undertake postgraduate management training: A qualitative study from Victoria, Australia

Erwin Loh

The purpose of this paper is to address the research question using qualitative research methods: how and why medically trained managers choose to undertake postgraduate…

Supporting and activating clinical governance development in Ireland: sharing our learning

Maureen A. Flynn, Thora Burgess, Philip Crowley

The purpose of this paper is to present a description of the Irish national clinical governance development initiative and an evaluation of the initiative with the purpose of…

Using clinical governance levers to support change in a cancer care reform

Isabelle Brault, Jean-Louis Denis, Terrence James Sullivan

Introducing change is a difficult issue facing all health care systems. The use of various clinical governance levers can facilitate change in health care systems. The purpose of…

Women chairs in academic medicine: engendering strategic intuition

Carol Isaac, Lindsay Griffin

Because stereotypically masculine behaviors are required for effective leadership, examining female chairs’ leadership in academic medicine can provide insight into the complex…

Fiery Spirits in the context of institutional entrepreneurship in Swedish healthcare

Nomie Eriksson, Sandor Ujvari

Clinical governance and leadership concepts can lead to more or less successful implementations of new clinical practice. The purpose of this paper is to examine how Fiery…

Swedish politicians’ view of obstacles when dealing with priority settings in health care

Elisabet Werntoft, Anna-Karin Edberg

– The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe main obstacles for politicians when dealing with healthcare priority setting.

Clinical governance: a key, but under-researched, health system foundation

Robin Gauld, Simon Horsburgh