Main description:

As developed economies enter a period of slower growth, emerging economies such as India have become prime examples of how more can be achieved with less. Bringing together experience and expertise from across the healthcare industry, this book examines innovations that can bring about real advances in the healthcare industry.

Innovations in Healthcare Management: Cost-Effective and Sustainable Solutions explores recent innovations in healthcare from a global and Indian perspective. Emphasizing the importance of Lean healthcare and innovation, it presents low-cost, high-volume solutions that improve access to care.

Providing concrete examples of the five levels of innovation present in healthcare, the book presents new concepts, methods, and tools for advancing processes and operational flow. It includes case studies of actual results in healthcare innovation from three continents that highlight emerging global trends in healthcare system innovation.

The book describes how to organize resources and flows so that given targets, such as cost, clinical quality, and patient experience, can be achieved with available resources. It also covers nontraditional ecosystems of innovation that move outside of expected technological innovations, such as innovations in social persuasion, rural health delivery, and the planning and design of hospitals.

The book maintains a focus on key issues across the healthcare industry-such as access to care, demand creation, patient experiences, and data-to help readers implement new ideas and new models of delivery of affordable care in healthcare systems around the world.

Contents:

Introduction. Global Trends in Health System Innovation. Learning from Industry: Innovating in Healthcare Operations. Lean and Innovation - 'The Two Responsibilities'. Cultivating an innovative culture through Lean. Innovative Approaches to Build Healthcare Facilities. Hospital Planning & Design Innovation for Lean Operation.Public Health Innovations. Behaviour Changes, the last mile in Healthcare. Cost-Effective, Scalable, and Sustainable Model for Primary Healthcare. Doing Community Good is Good For Business. Process efficiency by Innovation. Stanford Operating System: Aligning Purpose with People and Performance. Managing Stakeholders and Patient Experiences to achieve better Outcomes. Leapfrog through mHealth. Innovative Excellence: Learning from Emerging and Developed Economies. Innovative Approaches of Affordable Healthcare in Emerging Economies. Supply Chain Innovations in Healthcare. Three Dimensional Healthcare "The Need of the Hour". Innovative Initiatives in Healthcare by Indian Government. Indovation: Frugal Innovation in Indian Healthcare. Emerging Healthcare Innovations.