Australian Institute of Health Service Management (AIHSM), University of Tasmania, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2020 Apr 1;9(4):170-174. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.108.
Healthcare organisations are looking at strategies and activities to improve patient outcomes, beyond clinical interventions. Increasingly, health organisations are investing significant resources in leadership, management and team work training to optimise professional collaboration, shared decision-making and, by extension, high quality services. Embedded clinical academics are a norm in, and considered a strength of, healthcare organisations and universities. Their role contributes, formally and informally, to clinical teaching, knowledge sharing and research. An equivalent, but significantly less common role, addressing the management of healthcare organisations, is the embedded health management academic (EHMA). A stimulus encouraging this intertwined embedded academic role, in both clinical and managerial fields, is the demand for the translation of knowledge between academic and industry contexts. In this essay, we describe the EHMA role, its value, impact and potential for enabling healthcare organisation improvement. Focusing on the business of healthcare, the EHMA is a conduit between sectors, stakeholders and activities, enabling different organisations and experts to co-create, share and embed knowledge. The value and impact achieved is significant and ongoing, through the nurturing of an evidence-based management culture that promotes ongoing continuous improvement and research activities.
医疗机构正在研究策略和活动，以改善患者的治疗效果，超越临床干预。越来越多的卫生组织正在投入大量资源进行领导力、管理和团队工作培训，以优化专业协作、共同决策，并进而提供高质量的服务。嵌入临床学术人员是医疗机构和大学的常态，被认为是其优势之一。他们的角色正式或非正式地有助于临床教学、知识共享和研究。一个同等但明显不那么常见的角色是嵌入式医疗管理学术人员（EHMA），负责管理医疗机构。这种角色在临床和管理领域相互交织，其存在的一个刺激因素是学术和行业环境之间知识转化的需求。在本文中，我们描述了 EHMA 的角色、其价值、影响以及为改善医疗机构而产生的潜力。EHMA 专注于医疗保健业务，是部门、利益相关者和活动之间的桥梁，使不同的组织和专家能够共同创造、共享和嵌入知识。通过培养基于证据的管理文化，促进持续的不断改进和研究活动，EHMA 实现了重大而持续的价值和影响。
