...Abdullah H. Alnasser; Mohammad A. Hassanain; Mustafa A. Alnasser; Ali H. Alnasser Purpose This study aims to identify and assess the factors challenging the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in healthcare workplaces. Design/methodology/approach The study utilized a mixed...

... Most previous research on how physicians and nurses may support integration in health care has focused on physicians and nurses who hold managerial positions, but with rather disappointing results regarding integration (e.g. Andersson, 2015 ; Llewellyn, 2001 ; McGivern et al., 2015). Our...

... of integration (the coordination and alignment of tasks), differentiation (the extent to which tasks are segmented into subsystems), rules, coordination mechanisms and hospital performance. Design/methodology/approach A case study was conducted examining the hospital’s social network, rules, coordination...

... and compare the structure of these complex child service delivery networks in terms of differentiation (composition) and integration (interconnection). In particular, the authors investigate the structure of client referral and identify which organizations are most prominent within that network structure...

...Annelies van der Ham; Arno van Raak; Dirk Ruwaard; Frits van Merode Purpose Integration, that is, the coordination and alignment of tasks, is widely promoted as a means to improve hospital performance. A previous study examined integration and differentiation, that is, the extent to which tasks...

... to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Integration Partnering Primary care Qualitative research Organizational innovation Rural health services In Northern British Columbia (BC), Canada...

...Lily Lee; Susanne Montgomery; Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado; Anna Nelson; Juan Carlos Belliard The purpose of this paper is to assess perceptions of organizational readiness to integrate clinic-based community health workers (cCHWs) between traditional CHWs and potential cCHW employers...

...Stephanie Best; Sharon Williams Purpose Integrated care has been identified as essential to delivering the reforms required in health and social care across the UK and other healthcare systems. Given this suggests new ways of working for health and social care professionals, little research has...

...Lynsey Warwick-Giles; Kath Checkland The purpose of this paper is to try and understand how several organisations in one area in England are working together to develop an integrated care programme. Weick’s (1995) concept of sensemaking is used as a lens to examine how the organisations...

... study; participants cited its implementation as an important motivator for the shifting logic of integrated care in the region. The Act has been subject to much evaluation and critique (McCoy et al., 2007 ; Bryan, 2010 ; Manzano-Santaella, 2010 ; Glasby et al., 2006) in part because...

... ICD-10 and Bundled Payments, not just physician integration strategy. 14 09 2015 07 01 2016 24 02 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Integration Quality Management Hospital management Cost...

...Helene Berglund; Staffan Blomberg; Anna Dunér; Karin Kjellgren Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse ways of organizing integrated care for older persons in Sweden during the past decade. Design/methodology/approach – The data consist of 62 cases of development work...

...Mei Hu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of an integration programme on service users from users’ own perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Multi-method approach was used. Both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis were employed...

...Axel Kaehne; Chris Catherall Purpose – There has been considerable discussion about the benefits of health and social care integration over the last decade but less research on the purpose and effectiveness of carer and user involvement in service changes and service evaluation. The paper aims...

... Integration remains both a central goal and a field of limited but possibly developing achievement. Multiple meanings and usages are themselves sources of confusion and contestability that contribute to poor performance, as does an emphasis on process over outcome. This special issue provides an opportunity...

...Gerald Wistow; Helen Dickinson; Helen Sullivan; Paul Williams Purpose This article aims to explore how objects function in integration efforts in health and social care contexts. Design/methodology/approach The article draws on boundary object theory and empirical data collected from a range...

...Gerald Wistow; Helen Dickinson; Anuska Kalita; Shinjini Mondal Purpose The aim of this paper is to highlight the significance of integrated governance in bringing about community participation, improved service delivery, accountability of public systems and human resource rationalisation...

...Soki Choi; Ingalill Holmberg; Jan Löwstedt; Mats Brommels Purpose This paper seeks to explore critical factors that may obstruct or advance integration efforts initiated by the clinical management following a hospital merger. The aim is to increase the understanding of why clinical integration...

...Roy Liff; Thomas Andersson Purpose This paper aims to describe the integrating and disintegrating effects of professional actions in customised care. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative case study, the authors examine the work practices and cultures of three Swedish child...

.... Practical implications Managers face a deep‐rooted cultural based challenge where individuals strongly identify with their profession rather than the ethos of the partnership, which impedes full integration. Managers have a “balancing act” of addressing structural and processual change within...