Leadership assumptions on implementation of patient involvement methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From 2014 to 17, a large-scale project, 'The User-involving Hospital', was implemented at a Danish university hospital. Research highlights leadership as crucial for the outcome of change processes in general and for implementation processes in particular. According to the theory on organizational learning by Agyris and Schön, successful change requires organizational learning. Argyris and Schön consider that the assumptions of involved participants play an important role in organizational learning and processes. The purpose was to explore leaders' assumptions concerning implementation of patient involvement methods in a hospital setting.

Methods

Qualitative explorative interview study with the six top leaders in the implementation project. The semi-structured int

SUBMITTER: Jeppesen KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152124 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature