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A Guide to Healthcare Innovation: Principles and Practice

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Course Summary

This course covers the principles and practices of healthcare innovation, including design thinking, lean methodology, and agile development. Students will explore case studies and learn how to apply these frameworks to real-world healthcare challenges.

Key Learning Points

Learn design thinking and lean methodology for healthcare innovation
Explore case studies of successful healthcare innovations
Apply frameworks to real-world healthcare challenges

Learning Outcomes

Apply design thinking and lean methodology to healthcare innovation
Analyze case studies of successful healthcare innovations
Develop solutions to real-world healthcare challenges

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic knowledge of healthcare industry
Familiarity with innovation frameworks

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Online self-paced
Video lectures
Case studies
Quizzes

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Description

This course reflects on global health challenges and the role of innovative solutions in addressing them. By engaging in this course, you will be able to describe the principles and key types of innovation in order to characterise the fundamental features of new models of care and technologies.

This course will review the basic features and principles of healthcare innovation. You'll be examining innovations developed to address global health challenges, ranging from simple low-cost technologies readily deployed in resource constrained settings to more complex combinations of organizational, business model and technology innovations. Throughout this course, you'll also consider how adoption and diffusion is influenced by social, economic and political factors and explore what is required to get an innovation in to practice, effectively, at scale.

Knowledge

Describe the principles and key types of innovation in order to characterise the fundamental features of new models of care or technologies.
Consider the key factors that influence the adoption and scaling up of different types of healthcare innovations

Outline

INNOVATION VS. INVENTION
Welcome to Global Health Innovation
Innovation and invention: what is the difference?
What makes an innovation, an innovation?
About Imperial College
About the Global Health Innovations Team
How to be successful in this course?
Grading Policy
Glossary
What is an innovation?
What are some ways to classify an innovation?
Should innovation always occur?
Is it an innovation or not?
Test your knowledge on innovation

TYPES OF INNOVATION - DISRUPTIVE, FRUGAL AND REVERSE
What are disruptive innovations?
The development of a frugal innovation - Arbutus Drill: Interview with Florin Gheorghe
An expert's views on the meaning of frugal innovation: Interview with Dr Yasser Bhatti
Defining characteristics of frugal innovation: Interview with Dr Yasser Bhatti
What is reverse innovation?
The challenge of reverse innovation
Is Uber a disruptive innovation?
Are these disruptive innovations? - check your answers
Defining frugal innovation
The ten core competencies of frugal innovation
Defining disruptive innovation
Are these frugal innovations? Part II
What is a reverse innovation?
Test your knowledge on disruptive, frugal and reverse innovation

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALISATION
Design thinking
Design thinking in healthcare: Interview with Matt Harrison
Challenges in design projects: Interview with Matt Harrison
The process of making an innovation available
Arbutus Drill going to market: Interview with Florin Gheorghe
Design Thinking
Arbutus Drill - who’s involved in the enterprise?
Test your knowledge on product development and commercialisation

GETTING AN INNOVATION INTO PRACTICE
Diffusion of innovations
Rogers' framework for the diffusion of innovation
Critiquing Rogers' framework
Test your knowledge on diffusion and scaling

Summary of User Reviews

Discover principles and practices of healthcare innovation with this online course. Students have praised the course for its comprehensive coverage and practical approach.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

The practical approach of the course.

Pros from User Reviews

Comprehensive coverage of healthcare innovation principles and practices.
Practical approach that can be applied in real-world situations.
Engaging lectures and interactive assignments.
High-quality course materials.
Excellent instructors with extensive industry experience.

Cons from User Reviews

Some users found the course content to be too basic.
The course may not be suitable for those with advanced knowledge in healthcare innovation.
Some users found the assignments to be too time-consuming.
The course may require a significant time commitment.
The course may not be suitable for those looking for a more theoretical approach.

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