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- Title
Why Does the Quality of Health Care Continue to Lag? Insights from Management Research.
- Authors
Nembhard, Ingrid M.; Alexander, Jeffrey A.; Hoff, Timothy J.; Ramanujam, Rangaraj
- Abstract
The United States health care system is plagued with quality problems. We draw on management research to explain why it has been so difficult to improve quality of care, despite a burgeoning body of scientific evidence on practices that result in better outcomes and the widespread adoption of quality-improving innovations based on those practices. Our analysis points to the prevalence of innovation implementation failure—organizational members' inconsistent or improper use of innovations—as a primary cause. In our review, we identify the organizational sources of this failure and offer six strategies for avoiding innovation implementation failure in health care.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL care; HEALTH services administration; MANAGEMENT; HEALTH care reform; INNOVATION adoption; QUALITY of service; QUALITY control
- Publication
Academy of Management Perspectives, 2009, Vol 23, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
1558-9080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMP.2009.37008001