Innovation in healthcare: A systematic review of recent research

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-72

  Länsisalmi, Hannakaisa ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Aalto, Pirjo ^c   Ruoranen, Raija ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Healthcare change; Hospital service change; Innovation; Leadership; Management; Medical practice; Organizational research

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 31144438108     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: 15527409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318405284129     Document Type: Review

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