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The language of cultural change is increasingly employed in relation to organizational reforms aimed at improving the efficiency and responsiveness of health systems in many countries. In the wake of high-profile reports documenting gross medical errors in the United States, policy thinking is embracing the notion of culture change as a key element of health system redesign (Institute of Medicine, 1999; Davies et al., 2000) and there is evidence to suggest that many other OECD countries are focusing on cultural renewal and change as a potential lever for health care improvement (Smith, 2002).
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Mannion, R., Davies, H., Harrison, S., Konteh, F., Jacobs, R., Walshe, K. (2010). Changing Management Cultures in the English National Health Service. In: Braithwaite, J., Hyde, P., Pope, C. (eds) Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizations. Organizational Behaviour in Health Care. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274341_3
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