Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 34 Issue 3

Editorial

Gregory Maniatopoulos, David Hunter, Allan Best

Systems transformation: learning from change in 60 countries

Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kristiana Ludlow, Kate Churruca, Wendy James, Jessica Herkes, Elise McPherson, Louise A. Ellis, Janet C. Long

Much work about health reform and systems improvement in healthcare looks at shortcomings and universal problems facing health systems, but rarely are accomplishments dissected…

Partnering for change: How a health authority, physicians, and communities work together to transform primary healthcare services

Martha L.P. MacLeod, Neil Hanlon, Trish Reay, David Snadden, Cathy Ulrich

Despite many calls to strengthen connections between health systems and communities as a way to improve primary healthcare, little is known about how new collaborations can…

Implementing population health management: an international comparative study

Betty Steenkamer, Esther de Weger, Hanneke Drewes, Kim Putters, Hans Van Oers, Caroline Baan

The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into how population health management (PHM) strategies can successfully integrate and reorganize public health, health care, social…

Managerial workarounds in three European DRG systems

Rod Sheaff, Verdiana Morando, Naomi Chambers, Mark Exworthy, Ann Mahon, Richard Byng, Russell Mannion

Attempts to transform health systems have in many countries involved starting to pay healthcare providers through a DRG system, but that has involved managerial workarounds…

Evaluating complex transformation: British Columbia’s provincial response to the overdose public health emergency

Allan Best, Narelle Ong, Penny Cooper, Carolyn Davison, Katherine Coatta, Alex Berland, Carol Herbert, Craig Mitton, John Millar, Stephen Reichert, Allison Cano

The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed case study of the evaluation strategies of a complex, multi-faceted response to a public health emergency: drug-related overdose…

Large-scale health system transformation in the United Kingdom: Implementing the new care models in the NHS

Gregory Maniatopoulos, David J. Hunter, Jonathan Erskine, Bob Hudson

Following publication of a new vision for the English National Health Service (NHS) in 2014, known as the NHS Five-Year Forward View, a Vanguard programme was introduced by NHS…

Creating the conditions for change: an NHS perspective

Karen Fitzgerald, Louise Biddle

Improving early diagnosis of cancer through system change initiatives is endemic in England’s NHS cancer services. These initiatives, however, often fail to gain traction due to…