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HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: THE DISSEMINATION OF EMPLOYEE INFORMATION FOR HOSPITAL SECURITY
| Title: | HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: THE DISSEMINATION OF EMPLOYEE INFORMATION FOR HOSPITAL SECURITY. |
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| Name(s): |
Sumner, Jennifer, Author Liberman, Aaron, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2008 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | ABSTRACT: Healthcare in the United States is a system that, organizationally speaking, is fragmented. Each hospital facility is independently operated and is responsible for the hiring of its own employees. However, corrupt individuals can take advantage of this fragmentation and move from hospital to hospital, gaining employment while hiding previous employment history. Traditionally, hospitals have been reluctant to share information on their previous employees, even with other hospitals, for fear of issues surrounding defamation, negligent hiring, and violation of the employee's privacy. However, growth in healthcare services is expected to rise exponentially in the near future, increasing the demand for employees. The need, therefore, to exchange pertinent information regarding employees will become necessary as hospitals seek qualified employees to fill positions throughout their organizations. One way to promote this information exchange is to develop trusted information sharing networks among hospital units. This study examined the problems surrounding organizational information sharing as well as the current level of employee information sharing being conducted by hospitals nationwide. Utilizing a survey of hospital administrators, this study drew upon the theoretical foundations of the Diffusion of Innovation Theory, the Knowledge Management Theory, the Social Exchange Theory and the earlier organizational information sharing frameworks established by Dawes (1996) and Landsbergen and Wolken (1998; 2001) in order to examine the variables that contribute to propensity of hospital administrators to engage in the sharing of employee information with other organizations. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0002010 (IID), ucf:47609 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2008-05-01 Ph.D. Health and Public Affairs, Other Doctorate This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
healthcare communication networks employee information information sharing hospital security organizational information sharing hospital administration hospital information sharing |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002010 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
