How doctor involvement in management affects innovation

Abstract

Much is expected from the (re) involvement of doctors in health care management to boost innovation. As clinicians may better understand how health services are organized and function, they may be in a better position to identify innovations. However, a key question is: Whose innovation agenda (i.e. what type of innovations) will be the outcome of clinical leadership? This paper explores this question by looking at examples in three European countries of doctor-led innovations. It shows that innovations are not neutral, but shaped by the agenda of its participants. Although doctors have their own interests and perceptions, these seem to change through their involvement in the management of processes and organizations, becoming broader and overlapping managerial agenda's.

Physician’s perception of E-consultation adoption amid of COVID-19 pandemic

“…Even though policymakers and practitioners have recognised the potential of e-consultation in the recent past, its adoption in the health-care sector has proven to be extremely difficult, and the full potential of e-consultation is still far from being realised. Although during the pandemic, e-consultation started a revolution, its overall success or failure mostly rests on the adoption decision and commitment of the physicians who are directly involved in this kind of service delivery process (Owusu Kwateng et al , 2021; Ruchiwit et al , 2015; van Wijngaarden, et al , 2012). As a consequence, the motivation for conducting this study was to explore the factors influencing physicians’ acceptance decisions towards e-consultation and improve its future adoption.…”