... research, using Stengers' (2018) metaphor of “slow science” as a critical yardstick. The paper is structured in three parts. It first reviews the field of health services research and the approaches that dominate it. It then considers the healthcare research approaches whose principles...

... implications for quality patient care. This research details an organization’s process to implement SR and highlights the importance of taking care of the care provider. Research Quality improvement Schwartz Rounds™ Compassionate care There is a growing recognition by healthcare...

... study used four focus groups and three telephone interviews for data collection. Purposive sampling resulted in a multidisciplinary sample of 30 participants. Thematic analysis was conducted with complete transcripts by all researchers. Findings – All parties viewed SCR as beneficial. Six themes...

...Graham P. Martin; Sarah McNicol; Sarah Chew Purpose Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs) are a new UK initiative to promote collaboration between universities and healthcare organisations in carrying out and applying the findings of applied health research...

...Elsmari Bergin; Carl Savage Purpose Professionals in academic health centers (AMCs) face multiple obligations, such as those from research, teaching and clinical care. The purpose of this study is to explore and develop an understanding about how well findings generated from two previous studies...

.... The data which emerged from this exercise were analysed alongside the researcher's own observations. Findings Basoga society's main expectation of young women is that they will work in the home. Yet, young women describe very different ideas of what they want from their lives; this includes a desire...

... with a known subject, the data analysed using an initial thematic analysis followed by an in‐depth analysis of the themes against the background of an Enid Blyton novel. Findings This research project has shown how all are products of their whole life experiences to date; thus the tales from childhood must...

... on competition. Quality of care and health care systems costs, while also directly dependent on the strategic mission and goals, are considered as determinants of customer satisfaction as well. The model is discussed in the light of propositions for empirical research. Practical implications Empirical...

..., although strictly outside the remit of the health services, are important factors to consider when implementing TB programmes. It suggests further research that may help break the link between TB and poverty (particularly relating to food insecurity) and recommends considering local health beliefs when...

...Annabelle Mark; Kathryn Waddington; Clive Fletcher Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between gossip and emotion in health‐care organizations. It draws on findings from empirical research exploring the characteristics and function of gossip which, to date, has been...

...Jim Connelly Realism is emerging as a paradigm for research and explanation in the natural and social sciences. A realist framework is elaborated and applied to the four possible situations that may generate the observations of randomised, controlled trials. It is demonstrated that by using two...

...Keith Hurst With the aim of building a research conscious workforce, the former Northern and Yorkshire Research and Development office explored the nature and purpose of research and development (R&D) support for NHS staff. Part of the study used a questionnaire to seek healthcare professionals...

...Alistair Hewison This paper examines research that has been undertaken to investigate management in health care and argues that there is no firm “evidence base” to demonstrate its effectiveness. However there is an emerging tradition of qualitative work, which has developed in response to the pace...

...John Øvretveit The paper has three messages. First, doctors in management can use evaluation methods and research to make better management decisions and to manage projects. Second, health policy makers and managers can no longer afford not to make a greater use of evaluation in making...

...). © MCB UP Limited 1996 Computer simulation Health care Hong Kong Operations management Research Changing management practice is never easy. In mechanized industrial environments the prominent issues for or against change are likely to be costs; in service environments, the human...

...Sybil Myerson Doctors′ activities and stresses are linked and can be viewed closely only as a sequence of actors and behaviours, or a narrative. Examines such narratives from which the individualized stress emerges plainly. Emphasizes that the researcher is involved in a narrative of her own life...

... Quantitative techniques Research United Kingdom This article describes the methodology used to survey the organizational culture in four strategic business units of the Combined Healthcare NHS trust. Data were collected from selected organizational members on 19 different dimensions of culture using...

...Sue Dopson; Jonathan Mant; Nicholas Hicks The translation of research into practice is currently a high‐profile issue in the NHS. A number of regions have undertaken work in this area. Reports on a project that is part of the Anglia and Oxford Regions′s“Getting Research into Practice” (GRiP...

...Stephen Harrison It is now widely accepted that there is a problem in putting research findings into routine clinical practice. Approaches the topic by identifying the conditions which would have to be met for the“perfect” implementation of such findings, and by outlining some of the research...

...Adrian R. Bull Explores purchasing in relation to audit, guidelines and research. Notes that the purchasing function is still embryonic, as the NHS struggles to integrate the new reforms. Notes that the different threads need to be woven into a coherent pattern if the full potential of the NHS...