... Regional, Queensland, Australia. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory, qualitative method with thematic analysis was conducted along with triangulation with other studies and government reports. Primary data were collected through in-depth phone interviews with n = 20, residential...

... (2008) method of thematic synthesis was used drawing from eight qualitative papers and one mixed methods paper describing women's lived experiences in, or advancing to, leadership positions in the healthcare sector. Analysis was conducted using three steps of thematic synthesis: the inductive coding...

... mobility in older medical patients admitted to two medical departments at two hospitals in Denmark. Design/methodology/approach The study used a qualitative design to investigate the challenges of co-designing an intervention in five workshops involving health professionals, patients and relatives...

... a patient and clinician perspective. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study was conducted in an ED in Trinidad and Tobago. Observations and informal conversational interviews with clinicians (n = 33) and patients (n = 50) explored patient flow, value and waste. Thematic...

... derivative works of this article (for both commercial & non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Lean principles Observations Qualitative...

... approach but that they feel restricted by a number of factors at multiple levels. A qualitative research approach was chosen in order to explore the participants’ own generation of views and themes. This study was conducted as part of the wider Deepening Our Understanding of Quality Improvement...

...Aoife McDermott; Mary Keating Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of the HR function in the management of professional and non‐professional staff in the acute hospital sector. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was adopted. Empirical data from three...