New primary healthcare organisations: recognising opportunities to transition to transformative healthcare organisations?
Article
Article Title | New primary healthcare organisations: recognising opportunities to transition to transformative healthcare organisations? |
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ERA Journal ID | 11022 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | O'Shea, Eidin (Author) and Palmer, Victoria (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change |
Journal Citation | 11 (2), pp. 125-140 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Leeds, WYorks. United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1477-9633 |
2040-056X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1179/1477963313Z.00000000021 |
Abstract | Like many governments across the globe, the Australian Government has embarked on major healthcare reforms. Part of this reform agenda included the establishment of sixty-two primary healthcare organisations (PHOs) originally called Medicare Locals (MLs), currently to be re-structured as primary healthcare networks. Primary health organisations were tasked with the coordination of primary health care delivery and with tackling local healthcare needs and service gaps. They were to drive improvements in primary healthcare and ensure that services are better tailored and integrated to meet the needs of local communities. This article puts forward the argument that new primary healthcare organisations have the potential and the ethical aspects of healthcare organisations are largely overlooked in the literature. To address this gap we outline two complementary frameworks: a theory of ethical communities and an emancipatory method. We conclude that these frameworks could be used as potential guides for new healthcare organisations to become transformative organisations. |
Keywords | primary healthcare; Medicare Locals; transformative; emancipatory; ethical and moral communities; health reform |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440706. Health policy |
429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified | |
350711. Organisational planning and management | |
Public Notes | © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2014. Permanent restricted access to published version in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development |
University of Melbourne | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2823/new-primary-healthcare-organisations-recognising-opportunities-to-transition-to-transformative-healthcare-organisations
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