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Management-By-Objectives in Healthcare

Abstract

I takt med den hastige udvikling på de medicinske, teknologiske og organisatoriske områder i sundhedssektoren, implementeres der løbende nye initiativer til at forbedre kvaliteten af de sundhedsfaglige ydelser. Til at evaluere hvorvidt disse tiltag har den ønskede effekt, er brugen af målstyring blevet almindelig praksis i moderne sundhedsinstitutioner. De seneste år er kvalitetsindikatorer, akkrediterings audits, spørgeskemaundersøgelser, arbejdspladsvurderinger, osv. blevet en integreret del af dagligdagen for det sundhedsfaglige personale. Langt de fleste af målemetoderne er velgennemtænkte og veludførte, men alligevel udgør de samlet et problem når de anvendes samtidigt. For lederne sløres overblikket, og målemetoderne pålægger personalet en stigende administrativ byrde. I modsætning til hensigten, så skaber den øgede informationsmængde mindre gennemsigtighed og mindre overblik for lederne i sundhedssektoren. Det resulterer i at flere af evalueringerne ikke finder anvendelse som praktisk beslutningsstøtte. Forskningsprojektet har derfor haft til hensigt at designe en mere helhedsorienteret målstyringsmodel, der kan medvirke til at det ledere og operationelt personale i højere grad bliver i stand til at overskue performance i relation til de organisatoriske forventninger. Projektet konkluderer at integration af alle betydende indikatorer i et ”Performance Regnskab”, skaber overblik og gennemsigtighed, uden at detaljerne i de enkelte målinger forsvinder. Performance regnskabets design betyder at de specifikke målinger som lederne finder anvendelse for i deres afdeling kan inddrages, hvilket sikrer fyldestgørende informativ støtte til beslutningsprocesserne på den enkelte afdeling. Regnskabet letter identifikationen af operationelle problemområder, og giver dermed beslutningstageren et pålideligt informationsgrundlag at handle ud fra. Performance regnskaberne har værdi i en travl hverdag, hvor det administrative arbejde tager mere og mere kostbar tid fra det sundhedsfaglige arbejde. Afhandlingen indeholder fem videnskabelige artikler og en sammenfatning af de vigtigste bidrag og konklusioner fra disse. To af artiklerne er præsenteret på videnskabelige konferencer, og tre er fremsendt til videnskabelige tidsskrifter. Artiklerne beskriver den udvikling som projektet har været igennem, hvor forskellige løsningsforslag løbende har været forsøgt. Sammenfatningen indeholder mere detaljerede beskrivelser af den videnskabelige tilgang som har præget projektet.Concurrent to the hasty development within the medical, technological and organizational areas of healthcare, new initiatives are continuously implemented to improve quality of delivered care. To evaluate the effect of these initiatives, the application of performance measurement has become common practice for modern healthcare organizations. During the last decade, vast amounts of quality indicators, accreditation audits, satisfaction surveys etc. have become an integrated part of healthcare professionals' daily work. Most of these measurement structures are well documented and well executed; collectively, however, they pose a significant drawback. The vast selection of self-contained initiatives limits the overview for decision makers and imposes an escalating administrative burden on operational staff members. Contrary to the initial objective, the expanding informational burden limits the overview and transparency for healthcare decision makers; as a result, well-documented initiatives fail to become integrated support in operational decision-making processes. This research work has thus striven to design a holistic Management-By-Objectives framework that can enable managers and operational personnel to assess performance in relation to the organizational expectations. The work concludes that by integrating all meaningful indicators into a “Performance Account”, an overview is established without losing the strength of detailed measures. The design of the Performance Account signifies that managers are able to incorporate those indicators they find useful in their department, and thus secure sufficient informational support for the department's decision-making processes. The Performance Account thereby eases the identification of areas suited for corrective actions, and provides the decision maker with a reliable informational foundation. The account has merits in a hectic environment, where the administrative burden consumes important time from the clinical work. The dissertation is composed of five scientific articles, together with a synopsis describing the most vital contributions and conclusions. Two articles have been presented at international scientific conferences, and three articles have been submitted to scientific journals. The papers present the development of the research study and successively describe the proposals. The synopsis describes in detail the scientific approach that has guided the study

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This paper was published in Online Research Database In Technology.

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