From words to action: visibility of management in supporting interdisciplinary team working in an acute rehabilitative geriatric hospital

Journal of Health Organization and Management
Sandra C ButtigiegJudy W Scully

Abstract

The following case study aims to explore management's, health professionals' and patients' experiences on the extent to which there is visibility of management support in achieving effective interdisciplinary team working, which is explicitly declared in the mission statement of a 60-bed acute rehabilitative geriatric hospital in Malta. A total of 21 semi-structured interviews were conducted with the above-mentioned key stakeholders. Three main distinct yet interdependent themes emerged as a result of thematic analysis: "managing a team-friendly hospital", "interdisciplinary team components", and "interdisciplinary team processes". The findings show that visibility of management support and its alignment with the process and content levels of interdisciplinary teamwork are key to integrated care for acute rehabilitative geriatric patients. The emerging phenomena may not be reproducible in a different context; although many of the emerging themes could be comfortably matched with the existing literature. The implications are geared towards raising the consciousness and conscientiousness of good practice in interdisciplinary teamwork in hospitals, as well as in emphasizing organizational and management support as crucial factors ...Continue Reading

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Mar 13, 2016·BMC Health Services Research·David S ThompsonDarren Stanley
May 10, 2017·Journal of Health Organization and Management·Adriana Pace, Sandra C Buttigieg
Aug 9, 2020·Frontiers in Public Health·Sandra C ButtigiegVivienne Byers

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