Significance of scientific evidence in organizing care processes
(2016) In Journal of Health Organisation & Management 30(4). p.597-612- Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how staff and managers in health and social care organizations use scientific evidence when making decisions about the organization of care practices. Design/methodology/approach – Document analysis and repeated interviews (2008-2010) with staff (n=39) and managers (n=26) in health and social care organizations. The respondents were involved in a randomized controlled study about testing a continuum of care model for older people. Findings – Scientific evidence had no practical function in the social care organization, while it was a prioritized source of information in the health care organization. This meant that the decision making regarding care practices was different in these... (More)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how staff and managers in health and social care organizations use scientific evidence when making decisions about the organization of care practices. Design/methodology/approach – Document analysis and repeated interviews (2008-2010) with staff (n=39) and managers (n=26) in health and social care organizations. The respondents were involved in a randomized controlled study about testing a continuum of care model for older people. Findings – Scientific evidence had no practical function in the social care organization, while it was a prioritized source of information in the health care organization. This meant that the decision making regarding care practices was different in these organizations. Social care tended to rely on ad hoc practice-based information and political decisions when organizing care, while health care to some extent also relied in an unreflected manner on the scientific knowledge. Originality/value – The study illustrates several difficulties that might occur when managers and staff try to consider scientific evidence when making complicated decisions about care practices.
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- author
- Hasson, Henna LU ; Blomberg, Staffan LU ; Dunér, Anna and Sarvimäki, Anneli
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-06-20
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Change management, Change process, Elderly care, Evidence-based practice
- in
- Journal of Health Organisation & Management
- volume
- 30
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84975046622
- pmid:27296881
- wos:000379808900007
- ISSN
- 1477-7266
- DOI
- 10.1108/JHOM-12-2013-0271
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 50c3460a-52ff-424c-ad00-c9481fc04bc6
- date added to LUP
- 2016-07-11 12:17:14
- date last changed
- 2024-03-07 09:31:12
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title = {{Significance of scientific evidence in organizing care processes}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-12-2013-0271}},
doi = {{10.1108/JHOM-12-2013-0271}},
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