P05 SIG HealthCare Management

Panel Chairs

Corresponding and Review group chair: Birgit Grüb, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz (Austria), birgit.grueb@jku.at

Co-Chairs

Birgit Grüb, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz (Austria)

Stefano Calciolari, Università degli Studi di Milano “Bicocca”, Milan (Italy) and Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (Switzerland)

James Gillespie, University of Sydney, Sydney (Australia)

Christopher Klinger, McMaster University, Hamilton (Canada)

Sebastian Martin, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz (Austria)

Emanuele Vendramini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy)

Panel topic description

External shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the environmental impact of anthropic activities have uncovered the fragile nature of healthcare systems and their role for sustainability, respectively. Alongside further collaboration between governments and businesses as well as public–private–civil society co-operation, this calls for strategies aimed to both foster resilience and innovation to create public value(s) and foster sustainability.

The Special Interest Group (SIG) Healthcare Management (HCM) invites submissions (micro, meso or macro perspectives) on the following (not exclusive) topics faced by the sector:

• Health systems reforms, especially if focused on resiliency and sustainability
• New governance models, co-production, and hybrid institutional systems
• Performance measurement/management
• Role of technology and digitalization for value-based healthcare
• Large data, simulation, artificial intelligence (AI)
• (Public) Value creation (e.g., through health promotion)
• Patient-centered organizations/care
• Integrated care (including clinical pathways)
• Initiatives targeting chronicity, frailty, multimorbidity
• Emergency and crisis planning/management
• Green healthcare.

Theoretical framework and methods

The panel welcomes empirical studies (adopting quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches) with a strong linkage to the current literature and the ongoing academic debate. Critical analysis of new and/or innovative methodologies in healthcare are encouraged.

Brief description of the Panel format 

• Standard panel format for mature studies, with oral presentation followed by Q&A session
• Roundtable discussion format for works featuring preliminary results and seeking constructive discussion
• Poster session for short presentations of case studies and innovative professional initiatives

Please, indicate your preferred format in the submitted abstract. A workshop-type submission including practitioners might also be considered. The Reviewers retain the option to adjust the format in line with programming opportunities.

The best (submitted) papers will be eligible for a fast track in the journal Health Services Management Research.