Influence of Positional and Personal Power on Allied Health Change Implementation in Regional Public Healthcare: An Exploratory Study.

OBJECTIVE: Evidence-based healthcare innovations are changes that improve the ability of a health service to meet healthcare needs, optimise healthcare system performance, and are proven to be effective via formal research findings. Allied health's ability to lead and implement healthcare innovation...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Allied Health Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 286 - 294
Autores principales: White, Sarah, Moran, Anna, Hart, Elaine
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) Winter2024
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=181705515&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 181705515
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00907421
        4BI
      jtl: Journal of Allied Health
      issn: 00907421
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Winter2024
      vid: 53
      iid: 4
      pid: 6826
      pub: Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP)
      place: Washington, District of Columbia
    artinfo:
      ui:
        181705515
        181705515
        181705515
        181705515
      ppf: 286
      ppct: 8
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Influence of Positional and Personal Power on Allied Health Change Implementation in Regional Public Healthcare: An Exploratory Study.
      aug:
        au:
          White, Sarah
          Moran, Anna
          Hart, Elaine
        affil: Post-graduate student in Master of Leadership in Health and Human Services, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania
      sug:
        subj:
          Allied Health Personnel Psychosocial Factors
          Power
          Quality of Health Care
          Leaders
          Professional Practice, Evidence-Based
          Attitude to Change
          Organizational Development
          Attitude of Health Personnel
          Implementation Science
          Human
          Exploratory Research
          Qualitative Studies
          Phenomenological Research
          Purposive Sample
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Thematic Analysis
          Australia
          Leadership
      ab: OBJECTIVE: Evidence-based healthcare innovations are changes that improve the ability of a health service to meet healthcare needs, optimise healthcare system performance, and are proven to be effective via formal research findings. Allied health's ability to lead and implement healthcare innovation is frequently overlooked at the organizational level. This study aimed to explore the experiences of regionally based Australian allied health (AH) leaders who pursue evidence-based innovation at the organizational level. METHODS: An exploratory, qualitative phenomenological methodology was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 10 regional AH leaders from one regional Australian health service. Data were analyzed using the Framework approach. RESULTS: Two major themes were identified: 1) drivers for innovation: increasing value for patients and AH professions; 2) Power of AH influences organizational uptake of AH innovations. Two subthemes were associated with each major theme. CONCLUSIONS: This exploratory study found that for AH in regional Australia to effectively engage in change implementation and deliver healthcare innovations, they must both understand and utilize strategies that enhance their personal power and leverage their positional power within their organization. Individual factors such as confidence, knowledge of change management and implementation science, as well as organizational hierarchy and how organizations value AH influenced the experiences of AH leaders pursuing innovation. Health services seeking strategic, innovative service delivery should facilitate increased executive-level AH representation to ensure AH has equitable positional power with other health disciplines.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N