Learn & Network

How do you introduce innovations to your organization? How do you encourage others to think "outside the box" and accept new ideas? Browse the Learn & Network part of this site to find advice and ideas from experts and practitioners, insights from the literature, as well as opportunities to participate in discussions and learning networks on specific topics.

Browse all Learn & Network resources by topic:

PERSPECTIVES:

Applying Customer-Driven Innovation to Health Care: An Interview with Jeneanne Rae, Co-Founder and President, Peer Insight, LLC
by The Innovations Exchange Team

How to Incorporate Innovation into a Strategic Plan
by Jennifer Phillips, Center for Innovation, Virginia Mason (VM) Medical Center

Understanding Different Models of Innovation: An Interview With Hal Stern, Senior Vice President at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
by The Innovations Exchange Team

Why Innovation Is Important
by Paul E. Plsek, MS, DirectedCreativity™ (Editorial Board member)

ARTICLES:

Identifying Problems to Address Through Adoption of Innovations

Key Concepts for the Initial Steps of Innovation

Methods for Capturing and Nurturing Good Ideas

Go to all perspectives and articles.

Resources are available from AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange Online Chat on Change: Clinical Nurse Leader as Quality Champion: A Dialogue about an Effective Nursing Innovation

Held: January 27, 2010

Moderator:

Marilyn Chow, RN, DNSc, FAAN

Kaiser Permanente

Lead Innovator:

Nancy Hilton, RN, MN

St. Lucie Medical Center

Linking Clinical Practices and the Community for Prevention (Open to all users)

What is a Learning Network?

Enter a Learning Network (Members only)

Coordination of Community Care for At-Risk Populations

Last updated: December 23, 2009.