IMPROVING HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY (PERSPECTIVES FOR BULGARIAN REALITY)
IMPROVING HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY (PERSPECTIVES FOR BULGARIAN REALITY)

Author(s): Petya Slavova
Subject(s): Economy, Human Resources in Economy, Business Ethics
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: health care; health care management; knowledge economy
Summary/Abstract: The objectves of this article are to identify the key components needed for advancing the healthcare management throught implementation of some tools of knowledge economy and to describe the possible approaches that the organizations have implemented so far, and what should be done. The author proceeded a research of the environment of some hospital facilities in order to identify some principles for the implementation of sustainable management improvement in the health conditions of selected Bulgarian health facilities. This is possible by conducting in-depth interviews with experts on the issues of the present exhibition and hospital managers. Drawing on health management literature and practice and available information on the knowledge economy, interviewees described different approaches to improving management which include important key components.

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