It is now recognized that innovation in healthcare needs to be aprimary strategy for dealing with the challenges of pressure fromconsumers and the effort to control costs. This practical guidedescribes key issues surrounding innovation, such as the barriersto innovation in healthcare, the opportunities of working acrossboundaries in open innovation, and the process and tools ofexploring the innovation approach.
The highly-regarded author follows a five-stage process modelthat presents a systematic base for understanding, and -- moreimportantly -- 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 healthcareprofessionals and healthcare teams, both in training and inpractice.
The highly-regarded author follows a five-stage process modelthat presents a systematic base for understanding, and -- moreimportantly -- 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 healthcareprofessionals and healthcare teams, both in training and inpractice.
