Snowdon Anne
Professor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Chair, World Health Innovation Network, Windsor, ON.
Healthc Pap. 2017;16(3):59-64. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2017.25078.
The authors who contributed to this issue of Healthcare Papers have provided rich insights into a promising innovation agenda to support transformational change aimed at achieving high-performing, person-centric health systems that are sustainable and deliver value. First and foremost, the commentaries make clear that a focused innovation agenda with defined goals, objectives and milestones is needed, if innovation is to be a viable and successful strategy to achieve health system transformation. To date, innovation has been a catch-all term for solving the many challenges health systems are experiencing. Yet, innovation on its own cannot fix all the ills of a health system; strategic goals and objectives are needed to define the way forward if innovation is to achieve value for Canadians. To this end, the authors identify goals and objectives that are worthy of serious consideration by all health system stakeholders.
为本期《医疗保健论文》撰稿的作者们，对一项充满前景的创新议程提供了深刻见解，该议程旨在支持变革性变革，以实现高效能、以人为本、可持续且能提供价值的医疗体系。首先，评论明确指出，如果创新要成为实现医疗体系转型的可行且成功的策略，就需要一个有明确目标、目的和里程碑的重点创新议程。迄今为止，创新一直是一个用于解决医疗体系所面临诸多挑战的笼统术语。然而，仅靠创新无法解决医疗体系的所有弊病；若要让创新为加拿大人带来价值，就需要战略目标来指明前进方向。为此，作者们确定了所有医疗体系利益相关者都值得认真考虑的目标和目的。
