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Innovation and Adoption of New Practices

Objective Examine principles of innovation and the adoption of new practices that can guide the design of successful quality improvement projects.
Date March 18, 2011
Lecturer

Jonathan Jackson
Founder and CEO of Dimagi

Lecture

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Readings

  1. Berwick, Donald M. "Disseminating Innovations in Health Care." Journal of the American Medical Association 289, no. 15 (2003): 1969-1975.
  2. Rogers, E. M. "Diffusion of Preventive Innovations." Addictive Behaviors 27, no. 6 (2002): 989-93.
  3. Christensen, Clayton M., Richard M. J. Bohmer, and John Kenagy. "Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health Care?" Harvard Business Review, September 1, 2000.

Discussion Questions

  1. What is an innovation?
  2. What are the prerequisites for an individual to adopt a new behavior?
  3. What characterizes the pattern of adoption of an innovation?
  4. What is an "opinion leader?" Why are opinion leaders effective at facilitating the adoption of innovations?