... Purpose The purpose of the research was to assess whether hiring temporary staff at NHS hospitals had a negative impact on the quality of work of the permanent staff. The authors wanted to test the hypothesis that taking advantage of the flexibility of temps was a “false economy” because...

... Purpose The authors decided to study the impact of stress on performance in hospitals because long hours are common and high levels of performance are required at all times. Medical errors may cost lives and swift responses to patient needs are demanded. With so much pressure, it’s not surprising...

... Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how Swisslog Healthcare Solutions, which provides automated logistics solutions for hospitals and other health‐care organizations, has taught its sales force to talk about the operational benefits of its systems to individual hospitals...

...A.M. Mosadeghrad © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Health care Hospitals Iran Quality of working life Turnover intention Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 20, Issue 3 Mosadeghrad A.M., Ferlie E...

... An employee‐management system introduced by the support‐services management team at East Sussex Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust, UK, has reduced administration time by 75 percent while providing up‐to‐the‐minute information on the status of employees for use with activities including...

... increased by 10 percent and there was a slight rise in occupied‐bed days. Trends become apparent Performance indicators Health care Kaizen Service quality Hospitals Jellinek Center Taking responsibility Increasing delegation to clinical departments has been a feature of health...

... If our hospital did not exist, how would we create it? This was the question asked by doctors and managers at Leicester Royal Infirmary, one of two English pilot sites to evaluate the use of business process re‐engineering (BPR) in a healthcare environment. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Health...