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Governance in European Hospitals: Analysing Governance Practices Using Data Mining and Information Visualisation

Governance in European Hospitals: Analysing Governance Practices Using Data Mining and Information Visualisation

Kristof Eeckloo, Luc Delesie, Arthur Vleugels
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781605662305|ISBN10: 1605662305|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925994|EISBN13: 9781605662312
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-230-5.ch006
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Eeckloo, Kristof, et al. "Governance in European Hospitals: Analysing Governance Practices Using Data Mining and Information Visualisation." Social and Political Implications of Data Mining: Knowledge Management in E-Government, edited by Hakikur Rahman, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 88-105. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-230-5.ch006

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Eeckloo, K., Delesie, L., & Vleugels, A. (2009). Governance in European Hospitals: Analysing Governance Practices Using Data Mining and Information Visualisation. In H. Rahman (Ed.), Social and Political Implications of Data Mining: Knowledge Management in E-Government (pp. 88-105). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-230-5.ch006

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Eeckloo, Kristof, Luc Delesie, and Arthur Vleugels. "Governance in European Hospitals: Analysing Governance Practices Using Data Mining and Information Visualisation." In Social and Political Implications of Data Mining: Knowledge Management in E-Government, edited by Hakikur Rahman, 88-105. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-230-5.ch006

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Abstract

Hospital governance refers to the complex of checks and balances that determine how decisions are made within the top structures of hospitals. In this chapter, authors introduce hospital governance as a policy domain in which data mining methods have a large potential to provide insight and practical knowledge. The chapter starts by exploring the essentials of the concept, by analysing the root notion of governance and comparing it with applications in other sectors. Recent developments and examples from the UK, France and The Netherlands are outlined. Based on an evaluation of the current state of affairs, a research agenda is developed. The chapter concludes with an introduction to the European Hospital Governance Project, which follows the outlines of the described research agenda. Methods of data mining and information visualisation that are used in this project are explained by means of a real data example.

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