Innovation in Healthcare Organizations

2015 ◽  
pp. 134-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando Lima Rua ◽  
Maria João Correia
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Transversal Study

The main purpose of this chapter is to analyse innovation in organizations of the Portuguese healthcare sector, in order to identify its critical success factors. In this study, the authors followed a quantitative approach, combining statistical and documental analysis, through the Community Innovation Survey data analysis and processing, thus performing an exploratory, descriptive and transversal study. The healthcare sector reveals dynamism in introducing products that are new to the market and the company, mainly through a closed innovation process. External cooperation is preferably R&D-oriented, and there is low involvement of market agents in R&D activities, through partnerships. However, these are seen as an important source of information and organizations seek to meet their needs. Different types of organizations adopt different innovation strategies, depending on their market and current situation, which translates into a contextual innovation policy, in line with the current theoretical developments.

Analysing Innovation in Healthcare Organizations

2018 ◽  
pp. 212-242
Author(s):  
Orlando Lima Rua ◽  
Maria João Correia
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Transversal Study

The main purpose of this study is to analyse innovation in organizations of the Portuguese healthcare sector, in order to identify its critical success factors. In this study, we followed a quantitative approach, combining statistical and documental analysis, through the Community Innovation Survey data analysis and processing, thus performing an exploratory, descriptive and transversal study. The healthcare sector reveals dynamism in introducing products that are new to the market and the company, mainly through a closed innovation process. External cooperation is preferably R&D-oriented, and there is low involvement of market agents in R&D activities, through partnerships. However, these are seen as an important source of information and organizations seek to meet their needs. Different types of organizations adopt different innovation strategies, depending on their market and current situation, which translates into a contextual innovation policy, in line with the current theoretical developments.

Critical Success Factors in Russian R&D Projects in the Real Economy

2010 ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
V. Andreev
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Industrial Products ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
The Real ◽  
Critical Success

The article discusses the concept of "success" in relation to innovative business and its performance. The quantity of innovative projects that can consistently overcome the stages of the innovation process to achieve the desired result is defined. The author presents the results of empirical research of successful and unsuccessful projects of leading Russian innovative companies in various industries, identifies key factors of successful development of new industrial products.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors for Quality Assurance in Healthcare Organizations

10.5772/33081 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vctor Reyes-Alczar ◽  
Antonio Torres-Olivera ◽  
Diego Nez-Garca ◽  
Antonio Almuedo-Paz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Critical Success

Healthcare leaders’ views on successful quality improvement initiatives and context

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Barson ◽  
Fiona Doolan-Noble ◽  
Jonathon Gray ◽  
Robin Gauld
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Healthcare Leaders

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contextual factors contributing to the sustainability of healthcare quality improvement (QI) initiatives. Design/methodology/approach Themes from semi-structured interviews with international healthcare leaders are compared with Kaplan and Provost et al.’s (2012) model for understanding success in quality (MUSIQ). Critical success factors within these themes are shown in detail. Findings The interviews provide a rich source of information on critical success factors. The themes largely correspond with MUSIQ, reinforcing its robustness. An important factor emerging from the interviews was the importance of engagement with patients and families in QI, and this needs consideration in seeking to understand context in QI. Research limitations/implications Interview participants represent a limited set of western countries and health systems. Their experiences may not hold true in other settings. Practical implications The detail on critical success factors provides QI practitioners with guidance on designing and implementing sustainable initiatives. Originality/value Including consideration of contextual factors for engagement with patients and families in frameworks for context in QI appears to be an original idea that will add value to such frameworks. Researchers in patient engagement are starting to address contextual factors and connections should be made with this work.

The Concept of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) as a Planning Tool for Healthcare Managers

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godwin O. Eni
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Critical Success Factor ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Healthcare Executives

A well-used concept in business, the Critical Success Factor (CSF) is just beginning to be applied to healthcare organizations. This article discusses the utility of the CSF approach to the management of health services, explains how senior healthcare executives can use it to consider, define and direct the planning needs of healthcare organizations, and demonstrates how it can be applied in hospital management. Managers can use the CSF planning approach to achieve the organization's goals in accordance with its mission, be competitive, and evaluate and restructure existing programs to satisfy needs to meet specific objectives.

scholarly journals Towards regional responsible research and innovation? Integrating RRI and RIS3 in European innovation policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 772-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rune Dahl Fitjar ◽  
Paul Benneworth ◽  
Bjørn Terje Asheim
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Smart Specialisation ◽  
Geographical Scale ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Responsible Research

Abstract This article develops a model for a regional responsible research and innovation (RRI) policy, integrating existing European Union policies on RRI, and on research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3). RRI and RIS3 are central concepts in the EU’s innovation policy agenda, but there are tensions between the two approaches. The place-based approach inherent in RIS3 is missing from RRI, which has a fuzzy concept of geographical scale and is vulnerable to mismatches between the scale of innovations and of the associated governance networks involved in the innovation process. Meanwhile, the multitude of visions, values and stakeholder perceptions embodied in the RRI concept is countered by the more optimistic and unitary imagining of a regional future in RIS3. We highlight that Europe’s innovation challenges can only be resolved by leveraging the strengths of both types of innovation policy.

scholarly journals Assessing Total Quality Management (TQM) Effect on Hospital Performance in Ghana Using a Non-Probabilistic Approach: The Case of Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH)

Metamorphosis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Ronald Ebenezer Essel
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Hospital Performance ◽  
Regional Hospital ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Hospital Administrators ◽  
Critical Success

Background: TQM has gained extensive prominence over the last few decades and continue to play a significant role in modern healthcare delivery. Objectives: The objective of this empirical inquiry is to explore the nexus between TQM critical success factors implementation and hospital performance by soliciting employee and patient’s views within the Ghanaian context, focusing on Greater Accra Regional Hospital, a prime provider of secondary public healthcare in Ghana. Methods: A cross-sectional approach (research design) was espoused for the study which made use of quantitative research techniques for its analysis. The study was based on self-answering structured (close-end) questionnaires completed by 250 respondents selected via convenient sampling. SPSS 25.0 was utilised for data analysis. Statistical analyses include descriptive statistics, principal component analyses, exploratory factor analyses with varimax rotation, reliability analyses, and multivariate regression analyses. Results: The study found significant positive relationships between all nine TQM constructs and hospital performance. Findings further revealed that the top management leadership construct contributed most to hospital performance, while training contributed least. Conclusion: The study made recommendations that have practical implications for hospital administrators/managers. In this circumstance, findings/recommendations established, should be considered crucial for hospital administrators/managers and policy makers when dealing with decisions affecting TQM assessment by exploring the potential practicability of the nine TQM critical success factors utilised in this study as a pertinent contrivance for initiating continuous service improvement in GARH in particular and Ghana’s public healthcare sector in general.

Success Dimensions of the Online Healthcare Communities of Practice

2014 ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitham Alali ◽  
Juhana Salim
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Health Domains ◽  
Online Communities Of Practice

The existing studies on online Communities of Practice (CoPs) in healthcare organizations have not adequately focused on the factors affecting KM initiative success and acceptance. Thus, establishing an evaluation framework has become essential for the advancement of research and practice in this area. In online communities of practice, the process of measuring and developing an evaluation framework has become quite complicated and challenging due to the intangible nature of the knowledge. Moreover, the lack of standards and studies, related to online CoPs measurements and evaluation frameworks, respectively, triggers the need for intensive studies in this area. In this context, this chapter reviews online CoPs success factors and identifies the gaps in our understanding. The authors classify the existing studies based on the area of evaluation, such as health and non-health domains. The chapter concludes by proposing a conceptual framework to measure the success of online CoPs in the healthcare sector.

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