Yiannis Kyratsis

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | VU · Department of Organisation Sciences

Adolescents in secondary schools have limited susceptibility to the SARS-COV-2 virus, but paradoxically are considered to be carrying the highest psychosocial burden during this pandemic. The aim of our European multi-country qualitative research was to investigate the COVID-19 crisis response in secondary schools and the role of national, regional...

Purpose: Physical activity (PA) has been found to be beneficial for people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) outside of the relapse period. However, little is known about how people experience PA during a relapse. This study investigates the experiences of pwMS engaging with PA during a relapse. Materials and methods: The study followed an interpre...

Issue: In broad terms, current thinking and literature on the spread of innovations in health care presents it as the study of two unconnected processes-diffusion across adopting organizations and implementation within adopting organizations. Evidence from the health care environment and beyond, however, shows the significance and systemic nature...

Despite committed policy, regulative and professional efforts on healthcare safety, little is known about how such macro‐interventions permeate organisations and shape culture over time. Informed by neo‐institutional theory, we examined how inter‐organisational influences shaped safety practices and inter‐subjective meanings following efforts for c...

Planning and implementing public health initiatives in mass gatherings such as the Olympic Games pose unique challenges for interorganizational collaboration, which involves interaction among multiple and diverse agencies. Nonetheless, there is limited empirical evidence to support interagency collaboration and public health planning decisions in m...

Background National responses to healthcare-associated infections vary between high-income countries, but, when analysed for contextual comparability, interventions can be assessed for transferability. Aim To identify learning from country-level approaches to addressing meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Japan and England. Metho...

Objectives: Hand hygiene is considered the most effective way to reduce the transmission of (multidrug-resistant) organisms and to prevent healthcare-associated infections. Hand rubbing with alcohol-based handrub (AHR) has become the gold standard for hand hygiene. Data on AHR consumption are easy to obtain and can serve as an approximation for ha...

Objectives To assess hospital emergency nurses' self-reported knowledge, role awareness and skills in disaster response with respect to the Hajj mass gathering in Mecca. Design Cross-sectional online survey with primary data collection and non-probabilistic purposive sample conducted in late 2014. Setting All 4 public hospitals in Mecca, Saudi Ar...

Background The uptake of improvement initiatives in infection prevention and control (IPC) has often proven challenging. Innovative interventions such as ‘serious games’ have been proposed in other areas to educate and help clinicians adopt optimal behaviours. There is limited evidence about the application and evaluation of serious games in IPC. T...

Objective: This article aims to outline the historical development of medical leadership in the United Kingdom (UK), present recent advances, and discuss professional development and future prospects. Conclusions: With increasing involvement of medical professionals in top managerial roles in the UK over the last 30 years, leadership development...

We investigate how established professionals manage their identities in the face of identity threats from a contested shift in the professional logic that characterizes their field. To do so, we draw on interviews with 113 physicians from five European transition countries who faced pressure for change in their professional identities due to a shif...

Objectives: To examine the experiences of mental health service users who took part in an arts-based programme at Tate Modern, a major London art gallery. Study design: Exploratory qualitative design. Methods: Data were collected using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 mental health service users who had taken part in a community-bas...

Background: The Prevention of Hospital Infections by Intervention and Training (PROHIBIT) survey was initiated to investigate the status of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) prevention across Europe. Aim: This paper presents the methodology of the quantitative PROHIBIT survey and outlines the findings on infection control (IC) structure and...

Objectives Smartphone usage amongst clinicians is widespread. Yet smartphones are not widely used for the dissemination of policy or as clinical decision support systems. We report here on the development, adoption and implementation process of the Imperial Antimicrobial Prescribing Application across five teaching hospitals in London. Methods Doc...

Background: There is limited knowledge of the key determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behavior (APB) in hospitals. An understanding of these determinants is required for the successful design, adoption, and implementation of quality improvement interventions in antimicrobial stewardship programs. Methods: Qualitative semistructured intervi...

Health systems need efficient and effective innovation decisions to provide maximum benefit to patients, particularly in a climate of financial constraints. Although evidence-based innovations exist for helping to address healthcare-associated infections, the uptake and implementation of these is highly variable and in some cases very slow. To inve...

We know that patient care can be improved by implementing evidence-based innovations and applying research findings linked to good practice. Successfully implementing innovations in complex organisations, such as the UK's National Health Service (NHS), is often challenging as multiple contextual dynamics mediate the process. Research studies have e...

Phase 2 Interview Thematic Schedule and Questions - Adopters and Implementers.

Phase 1 Interview Thematic Schedule and Questions - Managers.

To understand organisational technology adoption (initiation, adoption decision, implementation) by looking at the different types of innovation knowledge used during this process. Qualitative, multisite, comparative case study design. One primary care and 11 acute care organisations (trusts) across all health regions in England in the context of i...

Whilst evidence based innovations exist for helping to address Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs), the uptake and implementation of these is highly variable and in some cases very slow. We aimed to investigate organisational innovation adoption decisions and implementation processes in the context of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). H...

The nature, sources and format of evidence used by managers and clinicians is important in introducing innovations in healthcare. We investigate the organisational decision making process focusing on the adoption of innovative technologies in the context of infection prevention and control (IPC) and the nature of evidence used.