Learning from other industries: Lessons and challenges for health care organizations

Health Care Manager

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-74

  Kaissi, Amer ^a  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Innovation; Knowledge transfer; Learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MASS COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH FACILITIES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858629632     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e318242d399     Document Type: Article

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