CleRMa : Management Research Chair "Health and Territories”

Published on June 8, 2021 – Updated on July 20, 2021

The “Health and Territories” Research Chair relies on a community of researchers brought together in the CleRMa (Clermont Recherche Management) research laboratory of the Univ Clermont Auvergne University (UCA) to examine the diversity of relationships between health actors and their territories and innovative models of intra- and inter-organisational cooperation. It also includes managers and health professionals from partner institutions. The Chair's work is focused on three main themes: - the current organisational models of health care institutions, - their medico-economic management, - the structuring of new organisational models (integrated care pathways, telemedicine, m-health, new hospital governance, etc.). The Chair's main work focuses on oncology and is supported by the institutions and professionals involved in this field, particularly in the Auvergne Rhône Alpes region.

The scientific positioning of the “Health and Territories” Research Chair is resolutely focused on the medical and paramedical field through an approach that places health professionals and patients at the centre of management research.

For several decades, the hospital environment and that of our health system as a whole have been marked by profound upheavals that affect all its components: regulatory authorities, financing models, service providers, personnel, training, evaluation, changes in professions and the role of the players, etc. The speed and scale of the changes require profound changes that must be thought through proactively, but which also remain to be invented. The complexity of these organisations, the revolutions observed, and the inevitable societal debate stimulate the curiosity and interest of management science researchers, as shown by the growing number of management studies and publications on the hospital. Hospital management research is structured around three main streams.

The first stream is concerned with the organisational model of hospitals, its construction, structuring and the difficulty of implementing organisational changes.

The second stream deals with the economic management of hospitals and the redesign of management tools under the growing influence of the New Public Management model, which was born over 30 years ago.

A third stream deals with the structuring and efficiency of new organisational models linked to the evolution of medical techniques, the weight of economic constraints, and the evolution of the behaviour and expectations of health professionals and patients.

Thus, the interactions of health organisations and actors, their capacity to stimulate innovation, change processes, and a better coupling between the supply of care and the expectations of stakeholders are at the heart of our study and research topics. The Health and Territories Chair explores more precisely the model centred on the patient, his or her care pathway and the nature and articulation of resources (cognitive, structural, technical, organisational, human, financial, etc.) mobilised in a given territory with a view to identifying efficient and relevant management tools. To do this, the Chair works in close collaboration with Canada (Quebec), which began several years ago to reflect on these issues and experiment with certain tools.

Other partners within the GCCA

  • Jean PERRIN Comprehensive Cancer Center 
  • Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital