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Lessons from eight countries on diffusing innovation in health care.
September 10, 2014 Editor 0
Related Articles Lessons from eight countries on diffusing innovation in health care.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Sep 1;33(9):1516-22
Authors: Keown OP, Parston G, Patel H, Rennie F, Saoud F, Al Kuwari H, Darzi A
Abstract
Health care systems are under increasing pressure to cope with shifting demographics, the threat of chronic and noncommunicable disease, and rising health care costs. The uptake of innovations to meet these challenges and to advance medicine and health care delivery is not as rapid as the pace of change. Greater emphasis on the diffusion of innovation and greater understanding of the structural and organizational levers that can be used to facilitate systemwide improvement are essential. This article describes the results of a qualitative and quantitative study to assess the factors and behaviors that foster the adoption of health care innovation in eight countries: Australia, Brazil, England, India, Qatar, South Africa, Spain, and the United States. It describes the front-line cultural dynamics that must be fostered to achieve cost-effective and high-impact transformation of health care, and it argues that there is a necessity for greater focus on vital, yet currently underused, organizational action to support the adoption of innovation.
PMID: 25201655 [PubMed – in process]
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