Improvement (defined broadly as purposive efforts to secure positive change) has become
an increasingly important activity and field of inquiry within healthcare. This article offers an …

Background: While responsible innovation in health (RIH) suggests that health innovations
could be purposefully designed to better support health systems, little is known about the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive disruptions within health care, both
directly as a result of the infectious disease outbreak, and indirectly because of public health …

Health care is everywhere under tremendous pressure with regard to efficiency, safety, and
economic viability-to say nothing of having to meet various political agendas-and has …

A survey of doctors working in two large NHS hospitals identified over 120 laboratory tests,
imaging investigations and investigational procedures that they considered not to be …

“Building on extensive real-life experience with EBP, this expert team from University of Iowa
Hospitals & Clinics provides vital guidance to clinicians at the cutting edge of care …

Background Implementation science (IS) should contribute to maintaining high standards of
care across healthcare systems and enhancing care practices. However, despite the evident …

Innovation is essential to transform healthcare delivery systems, but in complex adaptive
systems innovation is more than 'light bulb events' of inspired creativity. To achieve true …

In recent years, the advancement of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies including Virtual
and Augmented reality (VR and AR respectively) has created new human-computer …

Background: To assess whether early health economic modeling helps to distinguish those
healthcare innovations that are potentially cost-effective from those that are not potentially …