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Innovation in Action
A Practical Guide for Healthcare Teams
D. Scott Endsley (Author)
9781444330571, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 9 April 2010
160 pages
21.8 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.195 kg
It is now recognized that innovation in healthcare needs to be a primary strategy for dealing with the challenges of pressure from consumers and the effort to control costs.This practical guide describes key issues surrounding innovation, such as the barriers to innovation in healthcare, the opportunities of working across boundaries in open innovation, and the process and tools of exploring the innovation approach. The highly-regarded author follows a five-stage process model that presents a systematic base for understanding, and -- more importantly -- performing innovation work: 1. Defining the innovation design challenge 2. The process and tools of exploring the innovation 3. Generating innovative ideas 4. Prototyping and testing innovations 5. Creating a diffusion plan This user-friendly guide is ideal for all healthcare professionals and healthcare teams, both in training and in practice.
Foreword vii Chapter 1 Introduction to Innovation 1 Chapter 2 Defining the Innovation Challenge 16 Chapter 3 The Deep Dive 36 Chapter 4 Generating Innovative Ideas 64 Chapter 5 Prototyping and Testing Ideas 89 Chapter 6 Creating Your Diffusion Plan 106 Appendix 129 Index 133
Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]
