Search for dissertations about: "healthcare"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 1311 swedish dissertations containing the word healthcare.
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11. Quality Improvement in Healthcare : Experiences from a Swedish County Council Initiative
Abstract : Quality improvement (QI) has become an important issue in healthcare settings. A central question for many healthcare systems is how to manage improvement initiatives adequately. All county councils and regions managing healthcare in Sweden have started to work with QI at an organizational system level, to varied extents. READ MORE
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12. Paving the way for transparency : How eHealth technology can change boundaries in healthcare
Abstract : The digitalization that currently is taking place in healthcare raises questions about how this development, with visions of more patient participation and patient empowerment, changes this sector and what role eHealth can play in these changes. The term civic health technologies (Invånartjänster) is used in Sweden to describe eHealth in the healthcare sector that is developed and deployed by the authorities for the citizens. READ MORE
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13. Organizational preconditions and supportive resources for Swedish healthcare managers. : Factors that contribute to or counteract changes
Abstract : Swedish Healthcare managers’ organizational preconditions and supportive resources are important for their ability to work with planned change in a sustainable way. This thesis further investigates these factors together with an output measure, healthcare process quality (HPQ). READ MORE
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14. Between Equity and Local Autonomy : A Governance Dilemma in Swedish Healthcare
Abstract : Both national equity in healthcare and the county councils’ local autonomy are important values supported by Swedish law. Politically it is a balancing act; how much freedom should the county councils have and to what extent should healthcare be equal throughout the country? The general aim of this dissertation, concerning political governance in Swedish healthcare, is to investigate the tensional values of national equity and local autonomy in the light of current trends in healthcare governance in Sweden. READ MORE
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15. Knowledge for Improving Healthcare Service Quality : Combining Three Perspectives
Abstract : The Swedish public sector in general, and healthcare specifically, is struggling with large deficits: 19 of 21 regions have large negative results in 2019. The demands made by the citizens and their elected politicians that healthcare should offer effective, accessible, good and equal care are difficult to meet. READ MORE