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Innovation in Action

A Practical Guide for Healthcare Teams
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Innovation in Action presents a pragmatic approach to fostering innovation within healthcare, addressing the pressures of consumer demands and cost management. The author outlines a five-stage process model encompassing defining challenges, exploring innovation with practical tools, generating creative ideas, prototyping and testing, and planning the diffusion of innovations.
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This book is tailored for healthcare professionals and teams, whether in training or active practice, seeking a structured method to enhance innovation in their field.

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This user-friendly, field-tested book is a vital how-to guide on selecting, designing, prototyping, and disseminating product or service innovations in healthcare. In less than 150 pages, the author zeroes in on realistic ways to reach the quality improvement goals that have been discussed for decades.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

It is now recognised 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.

Innovation in Action follows a highly-regarded, five-stage process model that presents a systematic base for understanding, andβ€”more importantlyβ€”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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444330571

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: BMJ Books

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 195g

Pages: 160

About the Author

D. Scott Endsley M.D, M.Sc, Director of Innovation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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