Varkey Prathibha, Horne April, Bennet Kevin E
Division of Preventive Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Am J Med Qual. 2008 Sep-Oct;23(5):382-8. doi: 10.1177/1062860608317695.
As organizations strive for ways to control health care spending, address the growing needs of an aging population, and respond satisfactorily to a more informed and demanding consumer base, the opportunities for innovation have increased exponentially. By means of this article, the authors describe the basic concepts of purposeful innovation, and compare and contrast it to quality improvement. The authors also provide an overview of the terminology and types of innovation, describe the innovation life cycle, and discuss diffusion and commercialization of innovations. This article provides a primer on innovation for quality improvement practitioners and physician leaders who play a key role in creating innovation and environments for innovations to flourish.
随着各机构努力寻求控制医疗保健支出的方法、满足老龄化人口不断增长的需求，并令人满意地应对信息更加灵通且要求更高的消费者群体，创新机会呈指数级增长。通过本文，作者描述了有目的创新的基本概念，并将其与质量改进进行比较和对比。作者还概述了创新的术语和类型，描述了创新生命周期，并讨论了创新的传播和商业化。本文为质量改进从业者和医师领导者提供了一份创新入门指南，他们在创造创新及让创新蓬勃发展的环境方面发挥着关键作用。
