Question

Discuss how organizational culture influences the translation of evidence.

Answer 1

1. Organizational culture plays definitely an important role in evidence based practices,their translation and implementation in the healthcare set up.

2.Organisational culture is broad term and includes many aspects like open or closed atmosphere, communication and network,team work, professionalism,quality, creativity, leraning and training,collaborative framework involving cross functional teams, values and beliefs,ethics. Culture is essential made by people,their beliefs,ideas,practices ,opin opinions and unless it is inculcated by open thoughts, new innovations,change won't occur. Hence,an open culture helps largely in translation of evidences.

3. An open culture versus closed culture is often a famous debate but meta-analysis ,several debates, researches have come to an conclusion that open culture always bring new innovations,ideas, creativity and as there is freedom to implement ,try and explore new ideady,new ways, the results are encouraging and help changing the earlier belifes which were not based on evidences. Particularly, in the healthcare settings, when new research outcomes are implemented , it changes the appraoch towards management.

4. An open communication and networking is an important as this ensures the flow of information. Collaborative teamwork of expert team members, interactive communication which is blended with free flow of information helps in the implementation. The culture where there are communication barriers, where the staff is unclear of values and beliefs create obstacles for successful implementation.

5. Learning and training is an important aspect of organization al culture which can translate the evidence based practices. The staff who is in the constant process of learning,sharpening skills via training is well updated and squinted with new diagnostics and treatment aspects of any disease which can translate the evidence. This in long term helps in better and effective management of patients.

6.Collaborative framwfram involving cross functional teams is valuable aspect of culture as it ensures the proper work flow by connecting all lose ends. In the healthcare settings, large teams are working in the management of patients. Teams involving physicians, nurses and paramedic staff, housekeeping staff, cleaning staff, dietitian and kitchen staff,diagnostic team staff,the administration staff, ambulance and emergency staff etc are all part of healthcare settings. Mutual cooperation and support is essential in the smooth functioning. The culture which ensures coordination and collaboration with various teams ensures better implementation of evidence based practices.

7. Professional attitude and giving highest importance to quality and sustained efforts to improve quality will always help in implementing evidence based practices in the healthcare industry.

8.Values and beliefs are backbones of the organisational culture. The staff,people,members of organization who believe in values and beliefs helps implementing evidence based practices in effective way. The non believers create barriers and ultimately it affects the management and services.

9.Team work,team friendly approach is essential in evidence based practices in the healthcare industry. The management of patient is not individual contributor scenario ,it is always team work. An organizational culture which involves team building practices,greatly influences evidence based practices of healthcare set up.

10.Feedback and constant improvement platform aspect of culture ensures that the healthcare service providers are always ready to accept new suggestions, feedbacks and use that experience to improve their services further.