SCCM Resource Library-Innovation Meets Implementation

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The document discusses the role of innovation and implementation in healthcare, highlighting how new products or processes introduce change aimed at improving outcomes. Innovation often addresses existing problems, but determining its value requires evidence, followed by adoption and implementation in clinical practice. It differentiates between quality improvement, which modifies existing processes to optimize performance without altering fundamental structures, and innovation, which introduces entirely new methods or technologies that transform foundational practices.<br /><br />In healthcare, examples such as automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) illustrate innovation significantly changing medication access processes. ADCs provided a new approach for medication dispensing, solving inefficiencies in urgent medication access through structural changes. Despite initial reluctance due to cost and safety concerns, ADCs eventually gained widespread adoption because of their demonstrated value.<br /><br />The document also distinguishes between early adopters, who are strategic in embracing innovation based on limited early data, and late adopters, who require extensive evidence and utility validation. Implementation research plays a crucial role at this stage by facilitating the adoption of evidence-based practices through strategic intervention and stakeholder engagement.<br /><br />Barriers to adoption can include skepticism, perceived irrelevance, or financial constraints. Implementation research involves studying methods to promote the uptake of innovations, ideally under a known framework, thereby closing the gap between available evidence and practice.<br /><br />Ultimately, the successful integration of innovation in healthcare relies on a structured approach to implementation, where change agents are actively involved in strategizing and overcoming barriers. This effort allows evidence to be effectively translated into practice, ensuring innovations meet organizational and individual needs while enhancing healthcare outcomes.

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Professional Development and Education, Quality and Patient Safety, 2022, 0:06:12

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This article was first published in the Summer 2022 issue of Critical Connections.

What are the differences between implementation evaluations and quality improvement and between adoption of innovation and the application of implementation research? 2022 SCCM President Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MSc, FCCP, FCCM discusses these questions in this President’s Message.

Critical Connections, the critical care industry's only magazine, provides information in cutting-edge topics in critical care useful to the entire multiprofessional team.

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Content Type Article

Knowledge Area Professional Development and Education

Knowledge Area Quality and Patient Safety

Knowledge Level Foundational

Knowledge Level Intermediate

Knowledge Level Advanced

Membership Level Associate

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Select

Tag Innovation

Tag Quality and Patient Safety

Year 2022

Keywords

innovation

healthcare

implementation

quality improvement

automated dispensing cabinets

adoption

evidence-based practices

barriers

strategic intervention

change agents

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