Health care practitioners and change experts contend that organizational readiness for
change is a critical precursor to successful change implementation. This article assesses how …

Objective: This study aims to develop and pilot test a dental word recognition instrument.
Methods: The development of our instrument was based on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy …

Background Middle managers have received little attention in extant health services research,
yet they may have a key role in healthcare innovation implementation. The gap between …

Objective. The intent of the study was to develop and validate a comparable health literacy
test for Spanish‐speaking and English‐speaking populations. Study Design. The design of …

Background The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires tax-exempt
hospitals to conduct assessments of community needs and address identified needs. Most tax-…

Policy Points Dissemination of Choosing Wisely guidelines alone is unlikely to reduce the
use of low‐value health services. Interventions by health systems to implement Choosing …

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a short health literacy assessment tool for Portuguese-speaking
adults. METHODS: The Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-…

Background: Evidence suggests that top managers’ support influences middle managers’
commitment to innovation implementation. What remains unclear is how top managers’ …

The rate of successful health care innovation implementation is dismal. Middle managers
have a potentially important yet poorly understood role in health care innovation …

Over the past 10 years, the field of health services and management research has seen
renewed interest in the use of qualitative research methods. This article examines the volume …