Competing in the "war for talent" in nursing homes: A quantitative investigation.

Purpose: This study explores the characteristics of primary care organizations that are likely to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, meeting their expectations and increasing Person-Organization fit. Both "hard" dimensions (ownership) and organizational/managerial traits under the span of control of management are investigated. The objective is to raise awareness on how to mitigate unpopular features of primary healthcare organizations so to effectively compete in the war for talent.

Testing contingency theory to drive organizational change in community care: A case study in the Emilia Romagna Region.

Purpose: The objective is to test contingency theory among "community homes" in a region in Northern Italy. Community homes constitute an emerging key setting in the Italian primary healthcare system and are emblematic of the most recent organizational solutions in primary care across countries.

Methods: A case study was carried out through semi-structured interviews administered in community homes to key professionals.

[Staffing standards in residential facilities: a regional regulatory survey].

Unlabelled: . Staffing standards in residential facilities: a regional regulatory survey.

Introduction: Residential facilities are present in all Regions and several data useful to better understand the activities performed are available through the residential care information flow.

Filling the gap between theory and practice: A pilot study on parents' perceptions of integrated care for patients with borderline personality disorder.

Clinical pathways are known to be key in managing chronic conditions in an effective and sustainable way. This is particularly true in psychiatry, characterized by chronicity and managerial challenges. In particular, the borderline personality disorder is a highly complicated disorder to manage.

Hospital contextual factors affecting the implementation of health technologies: a systematic review.

Background: To keep a high quality of assistance it is important for hospitals to invest in health technologies (HTs) that have the potential of improving health outcomes. Even though guidance exists on how HTs should be introduced, used and dismissed, there is a surprising gap in literature concerning the awareness of hospitals in the actual utilization of HTs.

Methods: We performed a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative studies aimed at investigating hospital contextual factors that influence the actual utilization of HTs.

Assessing hospital performance indicators. What dimensions? Evidence from an umbrella review.

Background: Patients' increasing needs and expectations require an overall assessment of hospital performance. Several international agencies have defined performance indicators sets but there exists no unanimous classification. The Impact HTA Horizon2020 Project wants to address this aspect, developing a toolkit of key indicators to measure hospital performance.

HRM practices and organizational change: Evidence from Italian clinical directorates.

Purpose: The healthcare sector has been facing major reforms, among which the introduction of the Clinical Directorate (CD) model for hospitals. The purpose of this work is to explore the degree of implementation of innovative Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within CDs, in order to understand whether, after more than 15 years from their introduction, they have been able to transform their managerial approach concretely, in line with the CD model's objectives. The tools have been attributed to three main HR initiatives: training, control, and evaluation ones.

Exploring "patient-centered" hospitals: a systematic review to understand change.

Background: The healthcare scenario in developed countries is changing deeply: patients, who are frequently affected by multi-pathological chronic conditions, have risen their expectations. Simultaneously, there exist dramatic financial pressures which require healthcare organizations to provide more and better services with equal (or decreasing) resources. In response to these challenges, hospitals are facing radical transformations by bridging, redesigning and engaging their organization and staff.