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Table 3 Overview of the included studies

From: Organizational attributes that contribute to the learning & improvement capabilities of healthcare organizations: a scoping review

AUTHOR

YEAR

COUNTRY

METHOD

ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING

ORGANIZATIONAL ATTTRIBUTES

    

(number)

Perceived leadership commitment

Open culture

Room for team development

Initiating & monitoring change

Strategic client focus

Alexander

2011

USA

Review (n = 107)

Health Care Organizations

 

Supportive attitude

Education and training

Motivation

Capacitiy management

Behavior of team members

Collaboration

Process development

Feedback loop

 

Babich

2016

USA

Mixed-method design

Health care organization grant recipients (29)

 

Supportive attitude

Encouraging behavior

Feedback and reflection

Education and training

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

 

Balasubra-manian

2015

USA

Methodology

Delivery of healthcare

Primary care organizations (9)

 

Feedback and reflection

 

Process development

Feedback loop

Client orientation

Berta

2015

Canada

Conceptual paper

  

Interaction

Feedback and reflection

 

Process development

Willingness to change

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

Service orientation

Dalmas

2019

Malta

Qualitative study

Healthcare system

Hospital (1)

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

 

Motivation

Behavior of team members

Willingness to change

Resources and infrastructure

 

Doyle

2013

UK

Quantitative study

NHS frontline care teams (19)

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

 

Balanced team

Process development

Willingness to change

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

Client orientation

Eljiz

2018

Australia

Conceptual paper

Healthcare

  

Education and training

 

Client orientation

Evans

2016

Canada

Mixed-method design, incl. review (n = 114)

Organizational context

Organizational capabilities

Integrated care

Integrated delivery system

Integrated care initiative

Supportive leadership

Interaction

 

Willingness to change

Resources and infrastructure

Client orientation

Service orientation

Evans

2017

Canada

Review (n = 47)

Health services management

Cancer Care Ontario (1)

 

Interaction

Encouraging behavior

Education and training

Willingness to change

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

 

Fieldston

2016

USA

Mixed-method design

Hospital (1)

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

Encouraging behavior

Education and training

Balanced team

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

 

Foley

2017

UK

USA

Mixed-method design, incl. review (n = 92)

Health system and a research facility

   

Process development

 

Furnival

2017

UK

Review (n = 70)

 

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

Interaction

Motivation

Process development

Feedback loop

Client orientation

Furnival

2018

UK

Qualitative study

UK regulatory agencies (6)

Strategic leadership

  

Process development

 

Greenfield

2010

Australia

Mixed-method design

Aged care and rehabilitation service (1)

 

Interaction

Supportive attitude

Encouraging behavior

Feedback and reflection

Education and training

Motivation

Collaboration

Feedback loop

Client orientation

Service orientation

Guzman

2015

Australia

Conceptual paper

    

Process development

Service orientation

Harvey

2015

UK

Qualitative study

NHS organization (3)

Strategic leadership

Interaction

Encouraging behavior

Feedback and reflection

Motivation

Process development

Resources and infrastructure

 

Hernandez

2013

USA

Mixed-method design, incl. review (n = 27)

Not-for-profit multihospital integrated delivery system (1)

Strategic leadership

Supportive attitude

Feedback and reflection

Capacity management

Willingness to change

Feedback loop

Client orientation

Höög

2016

Sweden

Longitudinal case study

Specialized health care provider (1)

 

Feedback and reflection

 

Process development

Willingness to change

 

Jeffs

2016

Canada

Qualitative study

Collaboration

Communities of practice

Point-of-care

Acute care hospital (2)

Long term care center (1)

Mental health science center (1)

  

Education and training

Behavior of team members

Feedback loop

 

Kaplan

2010

USA

Review (n = 47)

Healthcare

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

 

Motivation

Balanced team

Resources and infrastructure

 

Kilbourne

2019

USA

Conceptual paper

Veterans Health Administration

 

Interaction

Capacity management

Process development

Willingness to change

Feedback loop

 

Kislov

2014

UK

Conceptual paper

Organizational capabilities

Capability development

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

Interaction

Supportive attitude

Feedback and reflection

Capacity management

Willingness to change

 

Kringos

2015

UK

Umbrella review of systematic reviews (n = 56)

 

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

Interaction

Supportive attitude

Encouraging behavior

Education and training

Motivation

Capacity management

Balanced team

Process development

Willingness to change

Resources and infrastructure

 

Lanteigne

2016

Anguilla Italy

Mixed-method design

Health Authority and a hospital (2)

Supportive leadership

Strategic leadership

Feedback and reflection

Education and training

Capacity management

Behavior of team members

Collaboration

Willingness to change

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

 

Leufvén

2015

Nepal

Quantitative study

Health systems

Hospital (1)

 

Feedback and reflection

Education and training

Motivation

Resources and infrastructure

 

Luxford

2011

USA

Qualitative study

Health Care Organizations (8)

Supportive leadership

Supportive attitude

Encouraging behavior

Feedback and reflection

Motivation

Capacity management

Process development

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

Client orientation

Potts

2017

USA

Mixed-method design

Integrated healthcare (1)

Strategic leadership

Encouraging behavior

Balanced team

Willingness to change

 

Psek

2015

USA

Conceptual paper

Delivery system

Health/wellness organization (1)

Strategic leadership

Interaction

Feedback and reflection

 

Feedback loop

Resources and infrastructure

Client orientation

Schilling

2010

USA

Sweden

Quantitative study

Sites of not-for-profit health organizations (n = 5)

Strategic leadership

Supportive attitude

 

Willingness to change

 

Schilling

2011

USA

Mixed-method design

Not-for-profit health plan (1)

Supportive leadership

 

Education and training

Feedback loop

 

Shea

2018

USA

Qualitative study

Primary care

Healthcare teams

Organizational innovation

Primary care practices (10)

Supportive leadership

Supportive attitude

Capacity management

Collaboration

Willingness to change

 

Singer

2012

USA

Quantitative study

Veteran Health Admin. (1)

Mental health organizations (2)

Supportive leadership

Supportive attitude

Feedback and reflection

Education and training

Process development

Feedback loop

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