Dear Colleagues:
Advances in Health Care Management is pleased to announce a volume (13) reviewing the strategy and policy perspectives on reforming health systems, with publication planned in the summer of 2012. We are interested in both empirical and conceptual reviews of health care management, including topics such as the following:
- Strategic decision making for health systems
- Changes in health outcomes following health system strategic change
- Cost control and health system change
- Quality of care and health system change
- The relative effectiveness of health system change
- Hospital organization and performance
- Integrated system or network organization and performance
- The impact of current and future policy changes on healthcare organizations
- Individual and organizational determinants of clinical outcomes
- Determinants of successful change strategies in organizations
- Governance issues and challenges
- Management of excellent customer service
- The impact of technology on organizational outcomes
Guidelines
Review articles should orient new and established scholars about current themes within an area of research, as well as emerging themes and divergent views. Authors should evaluate these future directions and offer their perspective on the direction or directions that would help build theory and improve the practice of health care management.
Key dates
December 16, 2011 1-page précis (e.g. outline or summary) due
January 13, 2012: Draft manuscripts due
March 9, 2012: Reviews returned to authors
April 13, 2012: Final manuscripts due
May 21, 2012: Final decisions made; AHCM volume 13 delivered to publisher
September 30, 2012: AHCM volume 13 published
Review process
All papers will be double-blind reviewed. The editors will select the papers for this review volume on a competitive basis, based on the recommendations of the reviewers.
How to submit
Your email should request that the manuscript be specifically considered for this volume. Abstracts of proposed papers are also encouraged. Specific guidelines for submission are provided here.
Both the proposal abstract and the manuscript should be prepared in MS Word and submitted to friedmal@gwu.edu .
Editor contact details
Series Editors
Leonard Friedman, PhD, George Washington University, friedmal@gwu.edu
Grant T. Savage, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, gsavage@uab.edu
Guest Co-Editor
Jim Goes, PhD, University of Phoenix and Walden University, jim@cybernos.com
Complete details on Advances in Health Care Management and all past issues can be found at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/books/series.htm?id=1474-8231#news