Evaluation of a Dragons' Den–inspired symposium to spread primary health care innovations in Quebec, Canada: a mixed-methods study using quality-improvement …

MA Smithman, M Dumas-Pilon, MJ Campbell… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: On May 24, 2017, the Quebec College of Family Physicians held an innovation
symposium inspired by the television show Dragons' Den, at which innovators pitched their …

Assessing the scalability of innovations in primary care: a cross-sectional study

AB Charif, HTV Zomahoun, J Massougbodji… - … Open Access Journal, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Canadian health funding currently prioritizes scaling up for evidence-based
primary care innovations, but not all teams prepare for scaling up. We explored scalability …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of champions in implementing innovations in health care: a systematic review

WJ Santos, ID Graham, M Lalonde… - Implementation Science …, 2022 - Springer
Background Champions have been documented in the literature as an important strategy for
implementation, yet their effectiveness has not been well synthesized in the health care …

Assessment of scalability of evidence-based innovations in community-based primary health care: a cross-sectional study

AB Charif, K Hassani, ST Wong… - … Open Access Journal, 2018 - cmajopen.ca
Background: In 2013, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research funded 12 community-
based primary health care research teams to develop evidence-based innovations. We …

Innovating in health delivery: the Penn medicine innovation tournament

C Terwiesch, SJ Mehta, KG Volpp - Healthcare, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Innovation tournaments can drive engagement and value generation by shifting
problem-solving towards the end user. In health care, where the frontline workers have the …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of innovation design contests for health: spurring innovation and mass engagement

SW Pan, G Stein, B Bayus, W Tang, A Mathews… - BMJ …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We undertook a systematic review evaluating the effectiveness and cost of health-focused
innovation design contests. We followed Cochrane guidance and systematically searched …

“It's not just hacking for the sake of it”: a qualitative study of health innovators' views on patient-driven open innovations, quality and safety

L Rivard, P Lehoux, H Alami - BMJ Quality & Safety, 2021 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Open do-it-yourself (DIY) health innovations raise new dilemmas for patient-
oriented and service-oriented scholars and healthcare providers. Our study aimed to …

'Will It Work Here?': Health Systems Need Contextual Evidence Before Adopting Innovations

C Brach - Health Affairs Forefront, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
Health systems are eager to learn about better ways to deliver care. This requires innovation—
doing something differently from how it is currently done. In a recent Health Affairs article …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling beyond early adopters: a content analysis of literature and key informant perspectives

I Miake-Lye, S Mak, CA Lam… - Journal of General …, 2021 - Springer
Background Innovations and improvements in care delivery are often not spread across all
settings that would benefit from their uptake. Scale-up and spread efforts are deliberate …

Evaluating NZ health innovation projects: eReferrals evaluation

J Warren, Y Gu, S White, K Day, M Pollock - 2011 - researchspace.auckland.ac.nz
The National Health IT Plan proposes an improved and rationalised health IT infrastructure
for New Zealand that will ultimately support a transformed and more sustainable healthcare …