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Factors influencing early stage healthcare-academia partnerships
- Source :
- International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 31:28-40
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Emerald, 2018.
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Abstract
- Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore factors influencing early implementation and intermediate outcomes of a healthcare-academia partnership in a primary healthcare setting. Design/methodology/approach The Academic Primary Healthcare Network (APHN) initiative was launched in 2011 in Stockholm County, Sweden and included 201 primary healthcare centres. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2013-2014 with all coordinating managers (n=8) and coordinators (n=4). A strategic change model framework was used to collect and analyse data. Findings Several factors were identified to aid early implementation: assignment and guidelines that allowed flexibility; supportive management; dedicated staff; facilities that enabled APHN actions to be integrated into healthcare practice; and positive experiences from research and educational activities. Implementation was hindered by: discrepancies between objectives and resources; underspecified guidelines that trigger passivity; limited research and educational activities; a conflicting non-supportive reimbursement system; limited planning; and organisational fragmentation. Intermediate outcomes revealed that various actions, informed by the APHN assignment, were launched in all APHNs. Practical implications The findings can be rendered applicable by preparing stakeholders in healthcare services to optimise early implementation of healthcare-academia partnerships. Originality/value This study increases understanding of interactions between factors that influence early stage partnerships between healthcare services and academia in primary healthcare settings.
- Subjects :
- Process management
Universities
media_common.quotation_subject
Primary health care
Interviews as Topic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Strategic change
Originality
Health care
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Qualitative Research
Reimbursement
media_common
Sweden
Primary Health Care
business.industry
Communication
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Flexibility (personality)
General Business, Management and Accounting
Leadership
Interinstitutional Relations
Models, Organizational
General partnership
Business
0305 other medical science
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09526862
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ad19ddd23166f69eca454873af2ea6b8