Aprire la black box dell’innovazione organizzativa: l’Intensità di Cura in pratica

Titolo Rivista MECOSAN
Autori/Curatori Elisa Giulia Liberati
Anno di pubblicazione 2016 Fascicolo 2015/95
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 25 P. 55-79 Dimensione file 20190 KB
DOI 10.3280/MESA2015-095004
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Innovare verso un modello per Intensita delle Cure (IdC) offre agli ospedali importanti potenzialita di miglioramento, tanto a livello di erogazione delle cure quanto sul piano organizzativo e gestionale. L’introduzione del modello IdC implica, peraltro, sostanziali modifiche nella struttura organizzativa e professionale dell’ospedale tradizionale nonche nelle sue precedenti modalita di funzionamento, finora poco esplorate dalla letteratura. Il presente studio analizza i processi di cambiamento sociale che sottendono e danno forma all’innovazione IdC. Fondato sui risultati di un’indagine etnografica, lo studio mostra che l’innovazione non consiste in un mero processo di adattamento, ma piuttosto in una complessa interazione tra il nuovo modello organizzativo e la struttura sociale preesistente dell’ospedale (per esempio gerarchie, norme comportamentali, gerghi in uso, regole implicite per la regolazione di autonomia e potere). Tale interazione genera sia esiti desiderati, sia effetti inattesi, che richiedono governo e attenta considerazione. Cosi ad esempio la creazione di nuovi team e setting di cura puo portare alla rinegoziazione degli accordi impliciti riguardo all’autonomia degli infermieri, interpretata in modo differente da professionisti di diverse specialita. Il contributo approfondisce questi processi e propone riflessioni e linee d’azione per decisori e manager, al fine di colmare il divario tra i programmi formali e le pratiche di cura quotidiane, capitalizzando cosi le potenzialita dell’innovazione.

Parole chiave:Innovazione, ospedale, intensita di Cura, etnografia, pratiche, sistema sociale

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Elisa Giulia Liberati, Aprire la black box dell’innovazione organizzativa: l’Intensità di Cura in pratica in "MECOSAN" 95/2015, pp 55-79, DOI: 10.3280/MESA2015-095004