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Elisabet Höög

- Research focus on support structures for development and change, mainly in public organizations - Grounded in work- and organizational psychology - Also employed by KI (LIME/MMC)

Contact

E-mail
elisabet.hoog@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 59 41, +46 70 376 59 59

Works at

Affiliation
Research fellow at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Location
5B, Målpunkt P, Försörjningsvägen 7 B, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Epidemiologi och global hälsa, Umeå Universitet, 90185 Umeå

Research focus

My research focus is on support structures for change and development, mainly concerning public organizations. My academic roots stem from work and organization psychology, with  a systems perspective. My thesis Navigate in continuous change is written in Swedish, and tells about facilitation of change in health and social services.

Current projects

  • KuRSS The role of regional collaboration and support structures for knowledge governance in social services. Expectations and challenges from a regional perspective. Funded by FORTE, and running 2018 - 2020 with me as PI.
  • Process-supportive evaluation of decision-making and implementation processes for health-promoting community planning. On behalf of the Healthy Cities network and the Public Health Authority, a project is now underway that includes an evaluation of decision-making and implementation processes for health promotion community planning, among member municipalities in the Healthy Cities network. Funded by the Public Health Authority and will run from 2019-2020.
  • Public health work infrastructure - pilot project for methods for coordination of Västerbotten's public health work. The project's mission is to develop approaches and working methods for coordination of a regional work for good and equal public health. The pilot has a sister project in Stockholm and will run from 2019-2020.

Closed projects

  • GINO Innovative capacity in social services - IFO - in sparcely populated areas - how do we use it best? Funded by Vinnova and running 2017 - 2019.  PI at FoU Välfärd, Region Västerbotten.
  • Flexit Support structure in practice . Knowledge building, development work and change in local health and cosial services. Funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and running 2015-2018. A collaboration between Epdiemiology and Global Health Unit and FoU Välfärd, Region Västerbotten. 

Other

I am also emplyed by LIME/Medical Management Centre at Karolinska Insitute and taking part in projects, funded by Vinnova

Current projects

  • UFU Arena Pilot test of the interactive greenhouse arena "Developing Future Developers" with the aim of increasing the capacity of health and care organizations to pursue innovative development. In progress 2019-2022.

Closed projects

  • IU Norr New ways to support innovative development work in large healthcare organizations. 
  • IU Stödkoncept Increased capacity for innovative development work in community healthcare: development of flexible support concepts 
  • UFU Develope future facilitators! To strengthen strategic development capacity and competence in support fuctions and at management levels in health and social care. 
Örat mot marken, blicken mot horisonten: Västerbottensmodell för samordning avregionalt och lokalt folkhälsoarbete
Umeå: Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten 2021
Harryson, Lisa; Lundberg, Carl; Elwér, Sofia; et al.
Innovationskraft i små glesbygdskommuner: för en kunskapsbaserad socialtjänst
Umeå: FoU Välfärd, Region Västerbotten 2020
Nordström, Annika; Höög, Elisabet; Hjelte, Jan
Ökad kapacitet för innovativt utvecklingsarbete i närsjukvården: en utveckling av flexibla stödkoncept
Stockholm: Karolinska Institutet 2019
Nyström, Monica E; Bergman, Ulf; Garvare, Rickard; et al.
Nya former för att stödja innovativt utvecklingsarbete i stora sjukvårdsorganisationer
Stockholm: Karolinska Institutet 2019
Nyström, Monica E; Garvare, Rickard; Höög, Elisabet; et al.
Exploring the potential of a multi-level approach to improve capability for continuous organizational improvement and learning in a Swedish healthcare region
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 18
Nyström, Monica E.; Höög, Elisabet; Garvare, R.; et al.
Regional och lokal implementering av en nationell satsning på ett bättre liv för sjuka äldre: Arbetsätt för kvalitetsförbättring med hjälp av kvalitetsregister inom äldreomsorgen och dess effekter på personalens arbetssituation
Stockholm: Karolinska institutet 2018
Nyström, Monica E; Sparring, Vibeke; Westerlund, Anna; et al.
Action research for multi-level facilitation of improvement in health and social care: development of a change facilitation approach for a local R&D unit
Action Research, London: Sage Publications 2017, Vol. 15, (4) : 339-356
Hansson, Johan; Höög, Elisabet; Nyström, Monica
Quality improvement in large health care organizations: searching for system-wide and coherent monitoring and follow-up strategies
Journal of Health Organization & Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016, Vol. 30, (1) : 133-153
Höög, Elisabet; Lysholm, Jack; Garvare, Rickard; et al.
Facilitating system-wide organizational change in health care
International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015, Vol. 7, (1) : 72-89
Westerlund, Anna; Garvare, Rickard; Höög, Elisabet; et al.
Navigera i ständig förändring: facilitering av utvecklingsarbete inom vård och omsorg
Umeå University medical dissertations, 1639
Höög, Elisabet
Bättre liv för sjuka och äldre: lärdomar från en nationell satsnings upplägg och arbetssätt för att stödja förändring
Stockholm: Institutionen för Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik (LIME) Medical Management Centre Karolinska Institutet 2014
Monica, Nyström; Strehlenert, Helena; Höög, Elisabet
Framtidens välfärdstjänster: Nya arbetssätt för innovativ serviceutveckling inom vård och omsorg
Forskningsrapport Vinnovaprojektet 2009-01729
Nyström, Monica; Höög, Elisabet; Andersson Bäck, M.; et al.
Nationella Riktlinjer för vårdens hälsofrämjande arbete: utmaningen att gå från evidens till klinisk tillämpning. Slutrapport från Vinnvårdsprojekt A2008-025
Umeå: Umeå universitet 2014
Weinehall, Lars; Nyström, Monica; Garvare, Rickard; et al.
Challenges in managing a multi-sectoral health promotion program
Leadership in Health Services, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013, Vol. 26, (4) : 368-386
Höög, Elisabet; Garvare, Rickard; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
Change and learning strategies in large scale change programs: describing the variation of strategies used in a health promotion program
Journal of Organizational Change Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013, Vol. 26, (6) : 1020-1044
Nyström, Monica Elisabeth; Höög, Elisabet; Garvare, Rickard; et al.
På väg mot uthållighet i innovationer och organisatoriskt lärande inom vården: Slutrapport från Vinnvårdsprojekt A 2007034
Nyström, Monica; Garvare, R.; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
Healthcare system intervention for prevention of birth injuries: process evaluation of self-assessment, peer review, feedback and agreement for change
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 12
Nyström, Monica E.; Westerlund, Anna; Höög, Elisabet; et al.
Health care improvement and learning : a study of emerging islands and system-wide approaches
14th QMOD conference on Quality and Service Sciences ICQSS 2011, From LearnAbility and InnovAbility to SustainAbility, San Sebastian, Spain, 29-31 August, 2011
Garvare, Rickard; Westerlund, Anna; Höög, Elisabet; et al.
Building capacity for capacity building: challenges in developing an R&D unit approcach
Höög, Elisabet; Hansson, Johan; Garvare, Rickard; et al.
Building capacity for capacity building: Challenges in developing an R&D unit approach
Höög, Elisabet; Hansson, Johan; Garvare, Rickard; et al.
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Planning and management in health care, 7.5 credits


The course is a master's and PhD course that provides an overview of various planning and management issues. The following areas are introduced: management and leadership; decision-making and resource management; business and organizational development; quality development and change work; collaboration and communication; work environment and conflict management.