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dc.contributor.authorEljiz, K
dc.contributor.authorHayes, K
dc.contributor.authorDadich, A
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, J
dc.contributor.authorSloan, T
dc.contributor.authorKobilski, S
dc.contributor.editorEljiz K, Hayes K, Dadich A, Fitzgerald A, Sloan T, Kobiliski S,
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:09:37Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:09:37Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2013-06-14T04:05:38Z
dc.identifier.issn18333818
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/47249
dc.description.abstractObjective: Process innovations can increase efficiency and quality in service organisations. [1,2] Health services organisations have been criticised for being slow to exploit process-management innovations. [3,4] To address perceived deficiencies, this article combines knowledge of factors that improve the Diffusion of Innovation (DoI) in health services organisations [5] with organisational behaviour theory [6] to produce a practical tool to assist health managers and clinicians assess the likelihood of an innovation succeeding in their organisation. Design: Semi-structured interviews were used to identify and analyse organisational, group and individual factors supporting or impeding the implementation of process changes in a public hospital sonography department. Setting: Emergency and imaging departments within a public hospital in New South Wales. Results: Using extant research literature and data collected from the hospital, a checklist was developed to identify factors that aid the implementation of innovations within health services settings. The checklist prompts people responsible for innovation implementation to consider key factors that influence the DoI, identify gaps between the current and desired states and develop action plans to address these gaps. Conclusions: The checklist developed in this article helps health personnel predict the likelihood of innovation adoption, and identify gaps to the ideal state at organisational, group and individual levels. The necessity of conscious change management when implementing innovations is also addressed. Given impending national healthcare reforms, this article is both important and timely.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent215296 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralasian College of Health Service Management
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.achsm.org.au/resources/journal/journal-content/?id=8
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom29
dc.relation.ispartofpageto38
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAsia Pacific Journal of Health Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume6
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOrganisational behaviour
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350710
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleCan that work for us?: Analysing organisational, group and individual factors for successful health services innovation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Management. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorFitzgerald, Anneke A.


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