...Ida Gremyr; Christian Colldén; Yommine Hjalmarsson; Marco Schirone; Andreas Hellström Purpose Network configurations have been proposed as an efficient form of organisation and a promising area of research; however, a lack of conceptual clarity can be noted. The purpose of this review is to allow...

...Sharon J. Williams; Zoe Radnor; James Aitken; Ann Esain; Olga Matthias Purpose This research examines how knowledge and information are managed within two care networks. We develop a conceptual framework drawing on the notion of brokering and the 3T framework, which is used to describe...

... networks operating in various countries and the UK’s National Institutes of Health Research Clinical Research Network (Bleeker et al., 2010 ; NHS National Institute for Health Research, 2018). In 2018, the latter included 15 “hubs” operating across England, with site-based staff assisting...

...? The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The Mid North Coast Local Health District in New South Wales aspired to improve engagement between frontline clinicians and decision-makers. Social network analysis methods and mathematical modeling were used in the discovery of how...

...Lusine Poghosyan; Robert J. Lucero; Ashley R. Knutson; Mark W. Friedberg; Hermine Poghosyan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesize existing evidence regarding health care team networks, including their formation and association with outcomes in various health care settings. Design...

... in the course. Third, supporting course participants to trial out a diversity of community facilitation skills in the safety of the course is crucial to success. Originality/value – The collaboration, networking and interactivity of interdisciplinary health care workers is of tremendous consequence...

... for CLAHRCs is to find ways to ensure coherence and lead the direction of the activities pursued within this enterprise. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Evidence‐based practice Implementation Quality improvement Networks Organizational change Research Health services sector...

...Emma‐Louise Aveling; Graham Martin; Natalie Armstrong; Jay Banerjee; Mary Dixon‐Woods Purpose Approaches to quality improvement in healthcare based on clinical communities are founded in practitioner networks, peer influence and professional values. However, evidence for the value of this approach...

... internal market. Health care professionals needed to be involved contracting, if it was to be effective. The study found that many infection control professionals were not, in fact, involved in contracting, while the importance of both contracts and informal professional networks were recognised...

...Arno van Raak; Aggie Paulus; Frits van Merode; Ingrid Mur‐Veeman Delivery of integrated care by interorganisational networks attracts much attention in Europe. Such care is required to meet the demands of multi‐problem patients. Many efforts are made to establish networks. Often, established...

... relationships)suggest that GPs′ decisions in building up and changing referral networks take place implicitly. Concludes that GPs need more information in order to choose the best option. Information exchange within GP practices or local/regional GP groups is a means of improving the basis for decision making...