Multiple Institutional Logics in Health Care: 'Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care'

Abstract

Health care organizations are often confronted with multiple institutional logics. In this study, a longitudinal case study method was used to gain insights into the adoption decision-making and implementation process of an apparently hybrid innovative practice when multiple logics are present. The case study focuses on the adoption and implementation of 'Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care' in a Dutch hospital. This is a quality improvement programme developed by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. The results show that institutional logics complicate the adoption and implementation process.

Keywords

health care, Innovation, institutional logics, Productive Ward, Management Information Systems, Management of Technology and Innovation

Citation

van den Broek, J, Boselie, P & Paauwe, J 2014, 'Multiple Institutional Logics in Health Care : 'Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care'', Public Management Review, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2013.770059