Outsourcing therapy services. A strategy for professional autonomy

Explores the problems and opportunities for professions allied to medicine (PAMS) in the new NHS internal market. Uses a mechanism from IT, namely outsourcing, to provide a new organizational model for the effective delivery of care by this group of professionals who are marginalized by the new role...

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Published inHealth manpower management Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 37 - 40
Main Author Mark, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Emerald Group Publishing Limited 1994
Subjects
Advantages
Allied Health Personnel - supply & distribution
Competitive advantage
Contract Services - utilization
Expenditures
Facilities management
Health administration
Health care
Health care industry
Information technology
National health services
Outsourcing
Physical therapy
Physical Therapy Department, Hospital - manpower
Physical Therapy Department, Hospital - organization & administration
Professional Autonomy
Professionals
Public sector
Skills
State Medicine - organization & administration
Therapy
United Kingdom
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Explores the problems and opportunities for professions allied to medicine (PAMS) in the new NHS internal market. Uses a mechanism from IT, namely outsourcing, to provide a new organizational model for the effective delivery of care by this group of professionals who are marginalized by the new role of the doctor as manager.
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ISSN:0955-2065
DOI:10.1108/09552069410060094