Organisational learning within health care organisations

• Published in: International journal of medical informatics Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 61 - 66
• Main Author: Nikula, Rolf E
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01-12-1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Computerized, statistical medical data processing and models in biomedicine; Decision Making, Organizational; Efficiency, Organizational; Health care; Health Care Sector; Humans; Learning; Management; Medical computing and teaching; Medical education; Medical sciences; Organisational learning; Organizational Innovation; Organizational Objectives; Professional aspects; Health care; Management; Organisational learning; Learning; Biomedical data processing; Organization; Decision making; Hospital environment; Conceptual analysis; User behavior; Recommendation
• ISSN: 1386-5056; 1872-8243
• DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(99)00039-8

The demands on the health care sector are increasing both from the outside, e.g. political push for cost containment, improved service and quality, and from within as new technologies and procedures are introduced. This calls for an organisation that can adjust to new conditions through flexibility and creativeness. The concept of organisational learning has been introduced as a potential way to meet these challenges. The objectives for this paper are to focus on central topics within the concept of organisational learning relevant for health care organisations and discuss the consequences of these applied to health care organisations.