We review nursing and health services research on health care organizations over the
period 1950 through 2004 to reveal the contribution of nursing to this field. Notwithstanding
this rich tradition and the unique perspective of nursing researchers grounded in
patient care production processes, the following gaps in nursing research remain:
(1) the lack of theoretical frameworks about organizational factors relating to internal
work processes; (2) the need for sophisticated methodologies to guide empirical investigations;
(3) the difficulty in understanding how organizations adapt models for patient care
delivery in response to market forces; (4) the paucity of attention to the impact
of new technologies on the organization of patient care work processes. Given nurses’
deep understanding of the inner workings of health care facilities, we hope to see
an increasing number of research programs that tackle these deficiencies.
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Biography
Stephen S. Mick, PhD, CHE, is Arthur Graham Glasgow Professor and Chair, Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Biography
Barbara A. Mark, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Sarah Frances Russell Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
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