All Outputs (4)

Constructing notions of healthcare productivity: The call for a new professionalism? (2014)
Journal Article
Moffatt, F., Martin, P., & Timmons, S. (2014). Constructing notions of healthcare productivity: The call for a new professionalism?. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36(5), 686-702. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12093

Improving performance is an imperative for most healthcare systems in industrialised countries. This article considers one such system, the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Recent NHS reforms and strategies have advocated improved healthcare produ... Read More about Constructing notions of healthcare productivity: The call for a new professionalism?.

National targets, process transformation and local consequences in an NHS emergency department (ED): a qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Vezyridis, P., & Timmons, S. (2014). National targets, process transformation and local consequences in an NHS emergency department (ED): a qualitative study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 14(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-227x-14-12

Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status (2014)
Journal Article
Timmons, S., Coffey, F., & Vezyridis, P. (2014). Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 28(2), 214-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/jhom-10-2012-0203

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation of lean methods in an Emergency Department (ED) and the role of the professions in this process.

Design/methodology/approach
Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with ED staff... Read More about Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status.

Implementing an emergency department information system: an Actor-Network Theory case study (2014)
Journal Article
Vezyridis, P., & Timmons, S. (2014). Implementing an emergency department information system: an Actor-Network Theory case study. International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation, 6(1), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijantti.2014010102

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are increasingly used in healthcare settings. Despite their technical robustness, their implementation has not always been straightforward. This is a case study of the implementation of a clinical info... Read More about Implementing an emergency department information system: an Actor-Network Theory case study.