Snowdon Anne W
Professor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Chair, World Health Innovation Network, Windsor, ON.
Healthc Pap. 2017;16(3):8-11. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2017.25086.
Global health systems are challenged by escalating costs and growing demands for care created by the demands of aging populations and rising rates of chronic illness which place unsustainable pressure on health systems to meet population health needs. To overcome these challenges, transformational change is needed to strengthen health system performance and sustainability. Innovation is widely viewed as the strategy to drive transformational change in health systems; yet to date, innovation has lacked a clearly defined focus or agenda to achieve transformation. An actionable innovation agenda is needed to achieve transformational change for health systems. The key conditions for success as an innovation strategy are examined, including clearly defined innovation objectives, key milestones, and actionable steps every system stakeholder must pursue in order to guide the innovation agenda and ultimately accelerate the transformational changes needed for a sustainable healthcare system that delivers value to populations.
全球卫生系统面临着成本不断攀升以及因人口老龄化需求和慢性病发病率上升所产生的护理需求不断增长的挑战，这给卫生系统满足人群健康需求带来了不可持续的压力。为克服这些挑战，需要进行变革性变革以加强卫生系统的绩效和可持续性。创新被广泛视为推动卫生系统变革性变革的战略；然而，迄今为止，创新缺乏明确界定的重点或议程来实现变革。需要一个可付诸行动的创新议程来实现卫生系统的变革性变革。本文审视了作为一种创新战略取得成功的关键条件，包括明确界定的创新目标、关键里程碑以及每个系统利益相关者为指导创新议程并最终加速实现为人群提供价值的可持续医疗保健系统所需的变革性变革而必须采取的可付诸行动的步骤。
