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Mārketinga komunikāciju analīze veselības aprūpes nozarē
2015
Maģistra darba „Mārketinga komunikāciju analīze veselības aprūpes nozarē” mērķis ir, balstoties uz mārketinga komunikāciju teorētiskajām atziņām, klientu un ekspertu pētījuma rezultātiem, identificēt īpatnības mārketinga komunikāciju izmantošanai veselības aprūpes nozarē. Darbs sastāv no 3 nodaļām. Pirmajā nodaļā analizēta veselības aprūpes nozare Latvijā, kā arī mārketinga īpatnības tajā. Otrajā nodaļā apkopotas Latvijas un ārvalstu zinātnieku teorētiskās atziņas mārketinga komunikāciju jomā un paralēli veikta mārketinga komunikāciju pielietošanas analīze veselības aprūpes nozarē Latvijā. Savukārt trešajā nodaļā veikta klientu un ekspertu aptaujas rezultātu analīze. Darba noslēgumā izstrād…
Just a leader? Leadership work challenges and identity contradiction experienced by Finnish physician leaders.
2021
PurposeThis study seeks to improve the understanding of physician leaders' leadership work challenges.Design/methodology/approachThe subjects of the empirical study were physician leaders (n = 23) in the largest central hospital in Finland.FindingsA total of five largely identity-related, partially paradoxical dilemmas appeared regarding why working as “just a leader” is challenging for physician leaders. First, the dilemma of identity ambiguity between being a physician and a leader. Second, the dilemma of balancing the expected commitment to clinical patient work by various stakeholders and that of physician leadership work. Third, the dilemma of being able to compensate for leadership sk…
Do experiential events create city brand?
2016
Resumen Objetivo: Este artículo analiza hasta qué puntos los megaeventos (grandes eventos) pueden desarrollar marcas-ciudad poderosas reconocidas a nivel mundial, tema poco estudiado hasta la fecha. Metodología: Se ha utilizado el método cuantitativo. En concreto se efectuaron 398 encuestas a residentes en Aguascalientes (México), durante la celebración de un megaevento conocido como Feria Nacional de San Marcos. Resultados: Los resultados de la investigación permiten verificar que (i) respecto a los antecedentes: la actitud de los residentes hacia una marca-ciudad mejora tras las experiencias vividas en megaeventos que ocurren esa ciudad (H1) y (ii) respecto a los efectos: queda corroborad…
Hospital end-of-life care: families' free-text notes.
2020
BackgroundPalliative care strives to improve quality of life for patients with incurable diseases. This approach includes adequate support of the patients’ loved ones. Consequently, loved ones have personal experiences of providing end-of-life care for their next. This is a resource for information and may help to investigate the loved ones’ perspectives on need for improvements.AimTo identify further quality aspects considered important by loved ones to improve the quality of care at the end of life as an addition to quantitative results from the Care of the Dying Evaluation for the German-speaking area (CODE-GER) questionnaire.DesignWithin the validation study of the questionnaire ‘Care o…
Digitalisation of municipal healthcare collaboration with volunteers: a case study applying normalization process theory
2021
Abstract Background Increasing use of volunteers in healthcare requires structured collaboration between healthcare services and volunteers. The aim of this research was to explore critical issues and strategies in the implementation process of a digital solution for collaboration with and coordination of volunteers in municipal healthcare services. Methods Qualitative data collection was used to study implementation of a digital system for collaboration with volunteers in three Norwegian municipalities. Three rounds of interviews were conducted with healthcare employees from a volunteer centre and from municipality healthcare units in three municipalities: before implementation, and 6 and …
Effects of the Blair/Brown NHS Reforms on Socioeconomic Equity in Health Care
2012
The central objectives of the ‘Blair/Brown’ reforms of the English NHS in the 2000s were to reduce hospital waiting times and improve the quality of care. However, critics raised concerns that the choice and competition elements of reform might undermine socioeconomic equity in health care. By contrast, the architects of reform predicted that accelerated growth in NHS spending combined with increased patient choice of hospital would enhance equity for poorer patients. This paper draws together and discusses the findings of three large-scale national studies designed to shed empirical light on this issue. Study one developed methods for monitoring change in neighbourhood level socioeconomic…
Health and the war. Changing schemes and health conditions during the Spanish civil war
2008
This paper focuses on the health reforms during the republican Spain (1931-1939) and the crisis derived from the three-year of civil war. It considers how the war affected the health system and the impairment of health conditions of the population during the late 1930s, considering the changing conditions caused by the conflict. Some of the specific topics analysed are the changing healthcare system, the adaptation of health organization after the outbreak of the war, the impact of the war on the health of the population and epidemiological changes, the problem of the refugees and the clinical studies by experts, mainly on undernourishment.
The Impact of CSR/ESG Reporting on the Cost of Capital: An Example of US Healthcare Entities
2021
PURPOSE: Identifying the direction and strength of the relationship between individual elements of ESG and ESG as a whole and the cost of capital (weighted average, equity, and debt) in the healthcare industry.
Evaluation of the Effects of a Bullying at Work Intervention for Middle Managers.
2020
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of a workplace bullying intervention based on the training of middle managers regarding bullying awareness, the consequences of bullying, strategies in conflict resolution and mediation/negotiation abilities. Overall, 142 randomly selected middle managers participated in the study. First, participants completed an information record and two scales assessing bullying strategies, role conflict and role ambiguity. The last two scales were completed again in a second phase three months after the intervention had finished. The intervention produced a decrease in the following bullying strategies: effects on self-expression and communication, effect…