Williams Dave, Hutton Helena, Ryan Gary
President and Chief Executive Officer, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON.
Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON.
Healthc Pap. 2017;16(3):47-51. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2017.25080.
The combined impact of an aging population's healthcare needs and the growing prevalence of chronic disease has, and will continue to have, a significant impact on healthcare capacity and economics. In the context of resource constraints there is a tendency to focus on doing more with less. However, the real opportunity may lie in building capacity by doing things differently. The authors propose a new paradigm for innovative hospital care and illustrate its potential by examining recent endeavours at a large, full-service hospital in Southern Ontario. Innovation is about finding new ways of doing things that lead to better outcomes. Many healthcare leaders characterize their organizations as innovative, asserting they are committed to identifying and implementing best practices in clinical care. Despite this pledge, the lag time in the clinical implementation of translational research can be up to 17 years (Morris et al. 2011). Clearly, there is an opportunity to achieve better outcomes by developing a more systematic approach to implementing this type of research. Creating a culture of innovation in which ideas thrive and there is a commitment to adopting proven best practices should be part of the solution.
老龄化人口的医疗保健需求与慢性病患病率不断上升的综合影响已经并将继续对医疗保健能力和经济产生重大影响。在资源受限的情况下，有一种倾向是专注于用更少的资源做更多的事情。然而，真正的机会可能在于通过以不同方式做事来建设能力。作者提出了一种创新医院护理的新范式，并通过考察安大略省南部一家大型综合医院最近的努力来说明其潜力。创新就是要找到能带来更好结果的新做事方式。许多医疗保健领导者将他们的组织描述为具有创新性，声称他们致力于在临床护理中识别和实施最佳实践。尽管有这一承诺，但转化研究在临床实施中的滞后时间可能长达17年（莫里斯等人，2011年）。显然，通过制定一种更系统的方法来实施这类研究，有机会取得更好的结果。营造一种创新文化，让想法蓬勃发展，并致力于采用经过验证的最佳实践，应该是解决方案的一部分。
