... mapping Empowerment Kaizen Lean technical practices Lean social practices Lean healthcare has the purpose of applying lean principles to hospitals rendering several benefits such as waste elimination and short lead times among others (Tiapa et al., 2020 ; Godinho Filho et al...

.... The findings may well be useful not only to researchers but also to policy makers and analysts. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Europe Empowerment Patient involvement Co-production Choice Voice Professional involvement Patient participation Proto-professionalism Dr Mike...

... knowledge to the limited research in this field. Professor Emmanuele Pavolini can be contacted at: e.pavolini@univpm.it Health care Italy NHS Self-help Empowerment Patients There is a growing body of literature on the relationship between users’ involvement in health care systems...

... of the health workforce also means embracing the diversity of cultures within hospitals, primary health care settings and the wider community (Knight, 2003). Australia Personal health Empowerment Ethnic minorities Doctors Medical professions © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014...

...Joan I.J. Wagner; Sharon Warren; Greta Cummings; Donna L. Smith; Joanne K. Olson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test a model linking physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) practitioners’ perceptions of resonant leadership, structural empowerment and psychological...

...‐patient communication and poor quality of care. Barriers in a healthcare organizational culture that restricts autonomy and empowerment seem to directly undermine job satisfaction. Originality/value The article argues that it is crucial to shift away from the conventional tendencies promoting tangible...

... uses of ICT for personal empowerment in health. Design/methodology/approach The paper discusses evidence from four case studies that characterize current computerization and networking processes in health. The studies shared a global framework comprising four interpretative paradigms of personal...

... change” is aimed at manipulating the behaviour and values of individual employees and may be interpreted as a process of changing employee identity. Findings Employees reacted in different ways to the empowerment initiative, with some resisting attempts to shape their identity and others actively...

...Stephen Procter; Graeme Currie; Helen Orme The concern of this paper lies with empowerment of middle managers in a community health trust. It considers the impact of traditional structures and cultures upon the level of decision which middle managers are empowered to make. The conclusion reached...

...Gerald Vinten Christine   Hogg . Patients, Power and Politics. From Patients to Citizens . UK : Sage   1999 . 224 pp , ISBN: 0 7619 5877 0   £49 Cloth, ISBN: 0 7619 5878 9   £16.99 Paperback Medical professions National Health Service Empowerment...

...Peter Lloyd; Jeffrey Braithwaite; Gray Southon Addresses the issue of empowerment and its possible role in promoting the effectiveness of health services. Empowerment represents the ability of people within organisations to use their own initiative to further organisational interests. However...