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 JOURNAL ARTICLES

> DECISION MAKING
> HEALTH CARE
> HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING AND DESIGN
> INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
> LEADERSHIP
> MANAGEMENT
> ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE
> POPULATION HEALTH
> WORKFORCE PLANNING

WEBSITE REPORTS
Library Website

The Health Planning and Management Library acknowledges the support of NSW HEALTH and the ACHSE (NSW BRANCH)
FEBRUARY 2006

Dear ---first_name---,

Welcome to this edition of the Health Planning & Management Library Bulletin. Listed below are a series of Journal Articles and Website Reports. 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • DECISION MAKING

    Brousseau, Kenneth R, Driver, Michael J, Hourihan, Gary and others, The Seasoned Executive’s Decision-Making Style, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 84(2) February 2006 pp. 111-121 (Top executives approach decision making in a way that is nearly opposite that of first-level supervisors. Failing to develop new decision skills or clinging to old habits as you progress in your career spells trouble.)

    Hammond, John S, Keeney, Ralph L and Raiffa, Howard, The Hidden Traps in Decision Making, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 84(1) January 2006 pp. 118, 120-126 (First published 1998)

  • HEALTH CARE

    Altman, Stuart H, Shactman, David and Eilat, Efrat, Could US Hospitals go the Way of US Airlines? Health Affairs, Vol. 25(1) January/February 2006 pp. 11-21 (Hospital market changes eg price transparency and specialisation could have severe negative consequences by eroding cross-subsidies for teaching, research, charity care and unprofitable services.)

    Vincent, Gerard, The French Healthcare System: Presentation, Changes and Challenges, World Hospitals and Health Services, Vol. 41(3) 2005 pp. 10-13

  • HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING AND DESIGN

    Carthey, Jane, Humanising the Hospital Environment, Hospital & Healthcare, December 2005 / January 2006 pp. 18-20 (Discusses emerging trends and the need for healthcare facilities to be adaptable and to create a humanised environment.)

    Grealy, James and Garbutt, Michael, Flushing Away Concerns: Dementia Sensitive Design: The Toilet, Hospital & Healthcare, February 2006 pp. 24-27 (Toilet and bathroom design are pivotal in quality dementia care.)

    An Irish Welcome, HD Hospital Development, Vol. 37(2) February 2006 pp. 20-24 (Shannon Clinic, a medium secure mental health unit in Northern Ireland, is setting new standards for design.)

    Nield, Lawrence, Hospitals Are Not Designed for the 21st Century, 2003
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    UK Department of Health, Health Building Note 54, Facilities for Cancer Services, January 2006
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  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Coye, Molly Joel and Kell, Jason, How Hospitals Confront New Technology, Health Affairs, Vol. 25(1) January/February 2006 pp. 163-173

    Menachemi, N, Burkhardt, Jeffrey, Shewchuk, Richard and others, Hospital Information Technology and Positive Financial Performance: A Different Approach to Finding an ROI, Journal of Healthcare Management, Vol. 51(1) January/February 2006 pp. 40-59
     
  • LEADERSHIP

    Goffee, Rob and Jones, Gareth, Managing Authenticity: The Paradox of Great Leadership, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 83(12) December 2005 pp. 87-94 

    Kramer, Roderick, The Great Intimidators, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 84(2) February 2006 pp. 88-96 (Many leaders rule through intimidation.)

  • MANAGEMENT

    Drucker, Peter F, What Executives Should Remember: Classic Advice from Peter F Drucker, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 84(2) February 2006 pp. 144-152

  • ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

    Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Westbrook, Mary T, Hindle, Donald and others, Does Restructuring Hospitals Result in Greater Efficiency? An Empirical Test Using Diachronic Data, Health Services Management Research, Vol. 19(1) February 2006 pp. 1-12 (The findings challenge those who advocate restructuring hospitals on the grounds of improving cost efficiency.)

  • POPULATION HEALTH

    Adily, Armita and Ward, Jeanette E, Enhancing Evidence-based Practice in Population Health: Staff Views, Barriers and Strategies for Change, Australian Health Review, Vol. 29(4) November 2005 pp. 469-477

    Davidson, Alan, Advancing the Population Health Agenda, Healthcare Management Forum, Vol. 18(4) Winter 2005 pp. 17-21

  • WORKFORCE PLANNING

    Begun, James W, Hamilton, James A, Tornabeni, Jolene and others, Opportunities for Improving Patient Care through Lateral Integration: the Clinical Nurse Leader, Journal of Healthcare Management, Vol. 51(1) January/February 2006 pp. 19-25 (The improvement of patient care and prevention of errors require that collaboration among professionals occur at the patient care delivery level, not just within the leadership team.)

    Huselid, Mark A, Beatty, Richard W and Becker, Brian E, "A Players" or "A Positions"? The Strategic Logic of Workforce Management, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 83(12) December 2005 pp. 110, 112-117 (A better approach is to identify strategically critical jobs, then to invest disproportionately to ensure that the right people - doing the right things - are in those positions.)

    Needleman, Jack, Buerhaus, Peter I, Stewart, Maureen and others, Nurse Staffing in Hospitals: Is there a Business Case for Quality? Health Affairs, Vol. 25(1) January/February 2006 pp. 204-211


WEBSITE REPORTS

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, December 2005 (A comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States.)
    Web Link - CLICK HERE

  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Mental Health Services in Australia 2003-04, December 2005
    Web Link - CLICK HERE

  • Bell, David and Bowes, Alison, Financial Care Models in Scotland and the UK: A Review of the Introduction of Free Personal Care for Older People in Scotland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2006 (The University of Stirling has carried out research into the funding and operation of long-term care policy in Scotland with wider lessons for the UK as a whole, focusing particularly on the policy of free personal and nursing care)
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  • Davies, GP, Hu, W, McDonald, J and others, Developments in Australian General Practice 2000-2002: What Did These Contribute to a Well Functioning and Comprehensive Primary Health Care System? Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, Vol. 3(1) 15 January 2006
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  • European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Policy Brief: Reducing Hospital Beds. What are the Lessons to be Learned? 2004
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  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Seven Leadership Leverage Points: For Organisation-Level Improvement in Health Care, Innovation Series 2005 (Many leaders of health care delivery systems want to achieve better performance but they don’t have a tried-and-true method by which to bring about system-level, raise-the-bar change.)
    PDF Click here to download

  • Marchildon GP. Health Systems in Transition: Canada. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2005.
    PDF Click here to download

  • NSW Health, Funding Guidelines 2005/06, November 2005 (The Guidelines are designed to assist Health Services to implement the output based funding models described, and to further develop the link between funding and planned activity.)
    Web Link - CLICK HERE

  • Palmer, Keith, How Should We Deal with Hospital Failure? Facing the Challenges of the New NHS Market, London, Kings Fund, 2005
    Web Link - CLICK HERE

  • Productivity Commission, Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Report on Government Services 2006
    Web Link - CLICK HERE

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Charting Nursing’s Future
  • Scottish Executive, Building a Health Service Fit for the Future: A National Framework for Service Change in the NHS in Scotland (the Kerr Report), 2005
    PDF Click here to download

  • (UK) Department of Health, Integrated Governance Handbook 2006: A Handbook for Executives and Non-executives in Healthcare Organisations, February 2006
    PDF Click here to download

  • (UK) Department of Health, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: A New Direction for Community Services, 2006 (The White Paper sets out a vision to provide people with good quality social care and NHS services in the communities where they live.)
    Web Link - CLICK HERE

  • Victoria Department of Human Services, Care in Your Community: A Planning Framework for Integrated Ambulatory Health Care, February 2006 (The future Victorian health care system will plan and deliver health care that is person and family centred, based in community settings and planned for the needs of local populations. Health care in the future will be integrated and coordinated around the needs of people, rather than service types, professional boundaries, organisational structure, funding and reporting requirements.)
    Web Link - CLICK HERE
ARTICLE COPIES
Copies of these articles are available at a small charge. For College members the first article costs $10.00 then $5.00 each additional article. For non-members the first article costs $13.00 plus $6.50 each additional article. All prices are inclusive of GST.

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