Topic 1: The Impact of Healthcare Management on Emergency Department Visits After Discharge of Inpatients.
Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to analyse the frequency of emergency department visits after the discharge and to identify variables that may impact emergency department visits. The study will gather data from discharged patients from internal medicine wards in the UK within a year. It is proposed to conduct a regression analysis on the collected data to find the appropriate factors that impact emergency department visits.
Topic 2: The Impact of Psychological Factors on Emerging Virus Pandemics on Healthcare Workers.
Research Aim: The study will analyse the occurrence, prevention, and management of psychological factors on healthcare workers during the novel COVID-19 outbreak. The research will examine the successful measures of managing the stress and psychological distress of healthcare workers in the UK. The data will be collected using survey questionnaire that is to be distributed to frontline healthcare workers managing the COVID-19 crises. The data will be analyse using PLS-SEM tool to understanding the contributing factors that may impact healthcare workers.
Topic 3: Examining Tools that Improve Healthcare Management and Policy using Computer Models.
Research Aim: The study will analyse simulation techniques that replicate the real world scenarios of operating systems for healthcare management. The study will examine how simulation can be used to investigate, understand and improve various healthcare management and policies for healthcare organisations. The study will use behavioural simulations using existing approaches; human participants interacting with computer simulations of healthcare organisations. The research will collect data from these simulations and analyse the data using the simulation based interventions included in the study.
Topic 4: Analysing the Impact of Clinical Records on Decision-Making and Healthcare Management during Pandemic Crises.
Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to examine the skill influence and healthcare services quality of medical records and its impact on decision-making and healthcare management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research will use the case study method to analyse the impact of the pandemic on clinical records in the UK. The research methodology is based on quantitative methods as it aims to examine the correlation between medical record skill and decision making of healthcare professionals. The data collected will be analysed using structural equation modelling.
Topic 5: Examining the Difference between Healthcare Informatics and Healthcare Data Analytics in Healthcare Management.
Research Aim: The research looks to perform a scientific examination of the various definitions that are linked to healthcare informatics and healthcare data analytics. The purpose of the study is to redefine the way in which healthcare informatics and data analytics is pursued for scientific studies. The paper will use systematic literature review to assess the current definitions of both fields of studies in order to conduct a meta-analysis.
Topic 6: The Impact of Green Human Resources Management Practices on Performance of Healthcare Management.
Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to examine the extent of implementation of green human resources management practices in UK’s healthcare organisations. The research will also look to analyse the impact of the extent of these practices on sustainable performance of healthcare management organisations. The study will be conducted using mixed methods research approach, it includes the use of survey questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with healthcare management personnel. The data collected will be analysed using its respective relevant techniques.
Topic 7: Examining the Effect of Value-Based Healthcare Implementation on Cardiac Care Centres in the UK.
Research Aim: The primary aim of this research is to observe the impact and effect that value-based healthcare implementation in Cardiac centres situates in the United Kingdom. The research will examine the shift of healthcare management principles for quality improvement and analyse the recent tools used to estimating outcomes associated with the quality care processes. The study will use quantitative research approach for data collection and analysis.
Topic 8: Examining the Role of Nurses in the Management of Care for Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Research Aim: The study aims to examine the management practices of nurses for the management of care for children in the hospital environment during the pandemic. The study will use qualitative research approach associated with institutional ethnography. Data will be collected using surveys for both nurses and patients. It will be analysed using PLS-SEM using Smart PLS.
Topic 9: Examining the Factors Effecting Patient Wait Time in Primary Healthcare Centres.
Research Aim: The primary aim of the research is to examine and assess the average wait time in UK’s primary healthcare services centres in low-income areas. The research will use electronic medical record audits to count the patient wait time during an eight-week period in health care service centres by using a universal sampling approach. The sample will include patients that visited health centres during the study period except those individuals that have used emergency services. The study will also collect data using questionnaire that analyse causes of delay obtained from healthcare centre employees. The data analysis will use inferential statistics and PLS-SEM.
Topic 10: Conducting a Gender Audit of the Leadership and Governance Boards of Healthcare Organisation in the UK.
Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to examine the women-men ratio of the governing bodies of the healthcare industry. The research looks to identify the positions that women hold on the governance boards in comparison to men. The study will use a qualitative research approach. Data will be collected using official websites of board of governance and professional associations. The data will be collected using Netnography to crawl websites of membership information. It is then that the data will be thematically analysed.
Topic 11: The Impact of Leadership Management and Governance Training on Primary Health Care Service Delivery.
Research Aim: The proposed research analyses the impact that leadership management and governance trainings can have on the service delivery of primary healthcare in rural and sub-city areas in a developing country. The study will use mixed methods research approach to assess the impact of such trainings. The data will be collected from developing countries’ rural and sub-city areas in which leadership management and governance training is taking place in primary healthcare centres. The study analyses the pre- and post- training impact on service delivery. Data will be collected using discussion groups, survey, implementation reports, and coaching sessions. The data will then be analysed respectively as appropriate.
Topic 12: Examining the Impact of UKAS Accreditation on Healthcare Organisations and Stakeholders’ Perceptions.
Research Aim: The proposed study looks to examine and assess the UKAS accreditation on hospital organisations in the UK and its impact on various stakeholders – patient, provider, and organisation. The research will use a mixed methods approach to collect data from the identified stakeholders in hospitals of London. This includes the use of surveys, semi-structured interviews, and review of hospital performance records. The data will be analysed using inferential statistics, thematic analysis, and structured equation modelling.
Topic 13: The Impact of Intuitionistic Multiplicative Criteria Decision Making Methods on Healthcare Management in UK’s Hospitals.
Research Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the complex systems of hospitals in the UK with the various was in which complex information and processes are handled. The research will analyse various measures of distance between intuitionistic multiplicative sets, weighted distance measures, and continuous weighted distance measures. The data collected will include patient admission evaluations, ranking patients for care, and decision-maker’s opinions using Fuzzy set theory.
Topic 14: Examining Health System Resilience in Management of COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK.
Research Aim: The study proposes to examine the response of the United Kingdom to the COVID-19 pandemic based on core dimensions of health system resilience that is outlined for pandemic outbreaks. The study will discuss the surge of cases and the assess the efforts implemented to mitigate it. The research will identify areas of improvement that will be recommended in order to improve healthcare management processes in pandemic environments.
Topic 15: Assessing Influence of Organisational Culture and Performance Evaluation on Success of Knowledge Management in Healthcare Organisations.
Research Aim: The aim of the research is to examine the impact of organisational culture and performance evaluation on the success of knowledge management processes in healthcare organisations in the UK. The research proposed to analyse this relationship through the mediation of information technology. Data will be collected from healthcare organisations in the UK using survey questionnaires. The data will be analysed using SmartPLS.
Topic 16: Investigation of the Role of Information Technology on the Hospital Management Systems.
Research Aim: The aim of this research is to investigate the incorporation of the latest technology in hospitals. The growing involvement of software tools is revamping how management decisions are made. The study will try to find out the process flow improvement by studying the impact of the software tools employed to enhance hospital management efficiency.
Topic 17: An Analysis of the Process Flow Improvement in The Outdoor Patient Handling by the Online Slot Booking System.
Research Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the improvements or deterioration of the systems in the hospital's outdoor patient department. The health care system of the United Kingdom is already under stress, and doctors face a lot of challenges to handle outdoor patients. The study will investigate what kind of management tools are more practical to run the outdoor patients department that can streamline the flow of outdoor patients. The research aims to assess the deployment of online slot booking tools. The study will also analyze the efficiency of doctor's performance in these systems.
Topic 18: A Detailed Analysis of The Continuing Medical Training on The Quality Improvement in The Health Care Sector.
Research Aim: The aim of this study is to identify the growth opportunities for health care professionals. The health care sector is an ever-evolving field and requires rigorous efforts to retain the updated knowledge. The study will investigate the importance of training and continuing education while health care staff is in employment. The study will examine two hospitals: one with continuing education model implemented and the second with no on-job training and education. The difference will be found with the help of the questionnaires and data analytics for various processes.
Topic 19: A Qualitative Case Study on The Importance of Process Improvement Programs in Health Care Management.
Research Aim: The aim of this research is to identify how process improvement programs can improve the processes and performance output in the health care sector and staff. The case study will consider the critical framework of VA-TAMMCS and analyze the perception of the medical staff about various processes. The research will aim to understand the competencies, practices, behaviors, and cohesiveness of the team as a result of daily operations.
Topic 20: The Comprehensive Study of The Interpersonal Collaboration Between Healthcare Staff and Its Impact on The Patient Management.
Research Aim: The primary focus of this study is to probe how the collaborations between hospital staff and management help to improve the patient experience. Handling operations at hospitals is a stressful job and requires a lot of input, effort, focus, and hard work. Interpersonal collaboration and employee behavior at all levels is an important skill to enhance the performance of the staff. The study will judge the impact of all these factors and propose improvements in staff behavior to improve healthcare efficiency.
Topic 21: A Detailed Study of Public Sector Hospitals in Developing Countries.
Research Aim: The aim of this study is to understand how the health care management system works in developing countries. The developing countries have compromised health care systems and have a limited number of doctors and supporting health care staff to cater to a large population. The study will analyze the condition of hospitals, the people it caters to, and its impact on the country's overall outlook. The research instrument includes data collection and analysis. The study will propose improvements in the healthcare sector based on the findings.
