Proposing a systems vision of knowledge management in emergency care

Abstract

This paper makes a case for taking a systems view of knowledge management within health-care provision, concentrating on the emergency care process in the UK National Health Service. It draws upon research in two casestudy organizations (a hospital and an ambulance service). The case-study organizations appear to be approaching knowledge (and information) management in a somewhat fragmented way. They are trying to think more holistically, but (perhaps) because of the ways their organizations and their work are structured, they cannot ‘see’ the whole of the care process. The paper explores the complexity of knowledge management in emergency health care and draws the distinction for knowledge management between managing local and operational knowledge, and global and clinical knowledge.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601897
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Operations & Information Management
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
Additional Information: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of the Operational Research Society. The definitive publisher-authenticated version 2. Edwards, John S.; Hall, Matthew J. and Shaw, Duncan A. (2005). Proposing a systems vision of knowledge management in emergency care. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 56 (2), pp. 180-192 is available online at: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v56/n2/full/2601897a.html
Uncontrolled Keywords: health,hospitals,ambulance services,knowledge management,systems,problem structuring methods
Publication ISSN: 1476-9360
Last Modified: 23 Jan 2024 08:03
Date Deposited: 15 Oct 2009 09:21
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2005
Authors: Edwards, J.S. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-3979-017X)
Hall, M.J.
Shaw, D.

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