Alamshaw Anjali, Nguyen Vivian, Joshi Jasmin, Osorno Amber, Baig Hana, Chang Anthony
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA.
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Pediatr Res. 2024 Nov 3. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03697-0.
As pediatric hospitals continue to grow in innovation, it is important to create a standardized metric to measure this growth and create a network to encourage further innovation. We worked to classify all pediatric hospitals on a scale of innovation with the goal of encouraging collaboration that can lead to more overall innovation.
All pediatric hospitals worldwide were ranked on a scale of innovation from 1 to 3, with 1 being the most innovative, or "established," and 3 being the least innovative, or "nascent." This scale is based on information found on the hospital's website or in articles about the hospital with regards to their innovation. These hospitals were ranked in 2015, 2020, and between 2023 and 2024 among five different raters.
The number of worldwide hospitals in each category of innovation was evaluated in 2015, 2020, and 2023-2024. Between 2015 and 2024, there was a 48% decrease in the number of "nascent" hospitals, a 4.5% increase in "emerging" hospitals, and a 120% increase in "established" hospitals.
The changes that hospitals have undergone in their respective categories of innovation over the past nine years suggest an overall increase in innovation.
Pediatric hospitals worldwide have become more innovative over the past decade, but there is very limited literature that has assessed this trajectory at a broad level. Creating a standardized metric of innovation can promote a culture that enables less innovative hospitals to collaborate with their more innovative counterparts This metric of innovation is the first that we've seen in the literature that assesses all pediatric hospitals on a scale of innovation and tracks their progress over time.
随着儿科医院在创新方面不断发展，创建一个标准化指标来衡量这种发展并建立一个网络以鼓励进一步创新非常重要。我们致力于对所有儿科医院进行创新程度分级，目标是鼓励合作，从而带来更多的整体创新。
全球所有儿科医院按照创新程度从1到3进行排名，1代表最具创新性，即“成熟型”，3代表最缺乏创新性，即“初创型”。这个排名基于医院网站上或有关该医院创新情况的文章中所获取的信息。这些医院在2015年、2020年以及2023年至2024年期间由五位不同的评估者进行排名。
对2015年、2020年以及2023 - 2024年期间各类创新程度的全球医院数量进行了评估。在2015年至2024年期间，“初创型”医院数量减少了48%，“新兴型”医院数量增加了4.5%，“成熟型”医院数量增加了120%。
在过去九年里，医院在各自创新类别中所经历的变化表明创新总体上有所增加。
在过去十年中，全球儿科医院变得更具创新性，但在广泛层面评估这一发展轨迹的文献非常有限。创建一个标准化的创新指标可以促进一种文化，使创新程度较低的医院能够与更具创新性的同行合作。这种创新指标是我们在文献中首次看到的，它在创新程度 scale 上对所有儿科医院进行评估，并跟踪它们随时间的进展。
