The Role of Collaborative Healthcare in Improving Social Sustainability: A Conceptual Framework
Healthcare systems around the world face both increasing demands and inequality in service distribution. The current trend is for collaboration among healthcare actors, named as collaborative healthcare, in order to address challenges such as these to improve the social sustainability of the system....
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doaj-761c4b3de5bd4a8795b7764bb82ef78b2020-11-25T03:24:03ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502020-04-01123195319510.3390/su12083195The Role of Collaborative Healthcare in Improving Social Sustainability: A Conceptual FrameworkTahereh Maghsoudi0Rosalía Cascón-Pereira1Ana Beatriz Hernández Lara2Business Management Department, Faculty of Business and Economy, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43204 Reus, SpainBusiness Management Department, Faculty of Business and Economy, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43204 Reus, SpainBusiness Management Department, Faculty of Business and Economy, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43204 Reus, SpainHealthcare systems around the world face both increasing demands and inequality in service distribution. The current trend is for collaboration among healthcare actors, named as collaborative healthcare, in order to address challenges such as these to improve the social sustainability of the system. That is to provide accessible and equitable healthcare services to meet people’s health and well-being needs. Based on an integrative literature review, this study aims at crafting a conceptual framework to explore how collaborative healthcare networks contribute to social sustainability and the specific actors involved in these collaborations. It identifies relationships between different collaborative healthcare networks and social sustainability. Interprofessional networks have been the most studied in relation to social sustainability. Communication and sharing information or knowledge have been identified as used collaborative healthcare practices. This study contributes theoretically by considering a new model of the healthcare organization in which collaborative networks play a central role in improving social sustainability. In terms of practical implications, the study provides managers and policy makers with investment insights on a range of collaborative networks and practices.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/8/3195collaborationcollaborative healthcaresustainabilitysocial sustainability |
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The Role of Collaborative Healthcare in Improving Social Sustainability: A Conceptual Framework |
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The Role of Collaborative Healthcare in Improving Social Sustainability: A Conceptual Framework |
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Healthcare systems around the world face both increasing demands and inequality in service distribution. The current trend is for collaboration among healthcare actors, named as collaborative healthcare, in order to address challenges such as these to improve the social sustainability of the system. That is to provide accessible and equitable healthcare services to meet people’s health and well-being needs. Based on an integrative literature review, this study aims at crafting a conceptual framework to explore how collaborative healthcare networks contribute to social sustainability and the specific actors involved in these collaborations. It identifies relationships between different collaborative healthcare networks and social sustainability. Interprofessional networks have been the most studied in relation to social sustainability. Communication and sharing information or knowledge have been identified as used collaborative healthcare practices. This study contributes theoretically by considering a new model of the healthcare organization in which collaborative networks play a central role in improving social sustainability. In terms of practical implications, the study provides managers and policy makers with investment insights on a range of collaborative networks and practices. |
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