'Reverse innovation,' a principle well established in the business world, describes the flow of ideas from emerging to more developed economies. There is strong and growing interest in applying this concept to health care, yet there is currently no framework for describing the stages of reverse innovation or identifying opportunities to accelerate the development process. This paper combines th...

Ageing population is a global trend; therefore the need of care service has been increasing dramatically. There are three basic forms of service delivered to the elderly: institution, community, and home. Particularly, the institutional service can be seen as an extension of medical service. The nursing home or so-called care home which is equipped with professional staff and facilities can pro...

With a focus on improving the quality of patient care, the President George W. Bush called for electronic health records (EHRs) for all Americans by the year 2014; however, recent estimates for EHR adoption in the ambulatory care environment are just over 10 percent. The objective of this study was to determine the individual characteristics and the social and technical factors that may contrib...

There is a real need for innovation in health care delivery, as well as in medicine, to address related challenges of access, quality, and affordability through new and creative approaches. Health care environments must foster innovation, not just allowing it but actively encouraging it to happen anywhere and at every level in health care and medicine-from the laboratory, to the operating room,...

Martina Jelocnik Centre for Animal Health Innovation (CAHI), Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore Qld 4558, Australia߬ Tel: +41 7 5456 3585, Email: martina.jelocnik@research. usc.edu.au Adam Polkinghorne Centre for Animal Health Innovation (CAHI), Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the S...

this brief discusses the policy implications of a research study commissioned by health workforce australia (hwa) within its health workforce innovation and reform work program. the project explored conceptually complex and operationally problematic concepts related to developing a whole-of-workforce competency-based education and training and competency-based career framework for the australia...

BACKGROUND Science, technology and innovation have long played a role in Ghana's vision for development, including in improving its health outcomes. However, so far little research has been conducted on Ghana's capacity for health innovation to address local diseases. This research aims to fill that gap, mapping out the key actors involved, highlighting examples of indigenous innovation, settin...

the purpose of this research was to survey the relative ratio of mental health on organizational health in esfahan physical education offices. the research method was descriptive. the sample of study consisted of 172 subjects from esfahan physical education offices who were randomly selected. two questionnaires were used to collect the data: kamau's organizational health questionnaire (199...