Reviews of strategy and policy perspectives on reforming health systems

Volume 13 in the Advances in Health Care Management series

Advances in Health Care Management is pleased to announce a volume reviewing the strategy and policy perspectives on reforming health systems, with publication planned in the summer of 2012. We are interested in both empirical and conceptual reviews of health care management, including topics such as the following:

Strategic decision making for health systems
Changes in health outcomes following health system strategic change
Cost control and health system change
Quality of care and health system change
The relative effectiveness of health system change
Hospital organization and performance
Integrated system or network organization and performance
The impact of current and future policy changes on healthcare organizations
Individual and organizational determinants of clinical outcomes
Determinants of successful change strategies in organizations
Governance issues and challenges
Management of excellent customer service
The impact of technology on organizational outcomes

Guidelines

Review articles should orient new and established scholars about current themes within an area of research, as well as emerging themes and divergent views. Authors should evaluate these future directions and offer their perspective on the direction or directions that would help build theory and improve the practice of health care management.

Key dates

December 16, 2011 1-page précis (e.g. outline or summary) due

January 13, 2012: Draft manuscripts due

March 9, 2012: Reviews returned to authors

April 13, 2012: Final manuscripts due

May 21, 2012: Final decisions made; AHCM volume 13 delivered to publisher

September 30, 2012: AHCM volume 13 published

Review process

All papers will be double-blind reviewed. The editors will select the papers for this review volume on a competitive basis, based on the recommendations of the reviewers.

How to submit

Your email should request that the manuscript be specifically considered for this volume. Abstracts of proposed papers are also encouraged. Specific guidelines for submission are provided here.

Both the proposal abstract and the manuscript should be prepared in MS Word and submitted to friedmal@gwu.edu .

Editor contact details

Series Editors
Leonard Friedman, PhD, George Washington University, friedmal@gwu.edu
Grant T. Savage, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, gsavage@uab.edu

Guest Co-Editor
Jim Goes, PhD, University of Phoenix and Walden University, jim@cybernos.com