Knowledge management in Portuguese healthcare institutions.

UNLABELLED Knowledge management imposes itself as a pressing need for the organizations of several sectors of the economy, including healthcare. OBJECTIVE to evaluate the perception of healthcare institution collaborators in relation to knowledge management in the institution where they operate and analyze the existence of differences in this perception, based on the institution's management model. METHOD a study conducted in a sample consisting of 671 collaborators from 10 Portuguese healthcare institutions with different models of management. In order to assess the knowledge management perception, we used a score designed from and based on items from the scores available in the literature. RESULTS the perception of moderate knowledge management on the healthcare institutions and the statistically significant differences in knowledge management perception were evidenced in each management model. CONCLUSION management knowledge takes place in healthcare institutions, and the current management model determines the way staff at these institutions manage their knowledge.