Management of Change

Health care required big changes to complement new IT
J Adler-Milstein
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(4), pp20-22
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Decoding resistance to change
JD Ford, LW Ford
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(4), pp99-103
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Innovation

Pseudoinnovation: the development and spread of healthcare quality improvement methodologies
K Walshe
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 21(3), pp153-159
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Human Resources

Role of routines in collaborative work in healthcare organisations
T Greenhalgh
British Medical Journal, 2008, 17th Nov, 337: a2448
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Knowledge Improvement

Definitions of knowledge management
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Architectural features of knowledge management success organizations
GM Kim, ES Kil
International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2008, 5(6), pp617-632
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Knowledge management practices: a sectorial analysis
MD Singh, R Kant, R Narain
International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2008, 5(6), pp683-710
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Knowledge Translation 2008: Forum for the Future
This event took place in June 2008, in Canada and provided an opportunity for individuals engaged in advancing the science and impact of knowledge translation to share, discuss and lay a foundation for advancing the global field in research and application, particularly in the health sector. Click here to see the presentations.

A model and typology of collaboration among professionals in healthcare organizations
D D’Amour, L Goulet, JF Labadie, L San Martin-Rodriguez, R Pineault
BMC Health Services Research, 2008, 8:188
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Applying social marketing in health care: communicating evidence to change consumer behavior
W Evans, L McCormack
Medical Decision-Making, 2008, 28(5), pp781-792
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Laypersons’ understanding of relative risk reductions: randomised cross-sectional study
L Sorensen, D Gyrd-Hansen, IS Kristiansen, J Nexoe, JB Nielsen
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2008, 8:31
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Calls for Interest

Call for interest: International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care
Deadline for abstract submission: 26th September 2008
Authors are invited to submit abstracts for this event. Submissions are welcomed of either well-founded research into quality improvement or descriptions of experience of improving quality and/or patient safety that have a useful message or lessons for others. Lessons that emerge from failure may be just as useful as those learnt from success. Click here to find out more about submitting an abstract.

Learning

Creating a learning health care organization for participatory management: a case analysis
R Ford, I Angermeier
Journal of Health Organisation and Management, 2008, 22(3), pp269-293
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