Posts tagged with: innovation

Health-Tech Crushing on the mophie juice pack powerstation®

Sleek design. Vibrant color. Incredible power. Mmmmmm. The mophie juice pack powerstation® has it all. The 4000 mAh external battery, available in black or red, is compatible with most smartphones and tablets, and it can charge just about any mobile... Read More

From Printed Ears for Transplant to Failing ACOs: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part II]

I’m always doing a lot of formal research reading, but here’s a sample of my more informal reading this week. 14 Things You Should Do on Your Lunch Break Every Day by Forbes Your Innovation Problem is Really a Leadership Problem by InnoBlog... Read More

New, Free Journal Dedicated to Healthcare Clinical Innovation “Coming Soon”

Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation will being quarterly publishing in June 2013. The journal, touted as the first of its kind to offer research on direct clinical care innovation, or the “how” of healthcare, will be free online... Read More

Throwing Up Hands; Rolling Up Sleeves

I go through cycles of giving up and starting again. Tomorrow might be a different story from today. I exhaust myself in work, and when it doesn’t seem to go right, I push the work off again. A weird thing... Read More

Dream Together

It’s one of my all-time favorite quotes. It’s true. I hope you make a habit of dreaming with others.  ... Read More

Gaming For A Solution to the Future of Hospitals

A new Institute for the Future initiative and game, “Future of the Hospital” asks a provocative question, “What if your hospital wasn’t there when you needed it most?” Yes, you read correctly – the collaborative forecasting game allows experts and “ordinary... Read More

Hildegard Peplau: Nursing Theorist Rock Star [infographic]

I have read quite a bit about nursing theorists lately…just because. I know, it’s rather weird, but I feel compelled to dig deeper into nursing’s professional roots. Hildegard Peplau, one of nursing’s foremost leaders, died 13 years ago this Saturday.... Read More

A Patient with Asthma Seeks Medical Advice in 1828, 1928, and 2012

The Article: von Mutius, E. and Drazen, J. (2012). A patient with asthma seeks medical advice in 1828, 1928, and 2012. The New England Journal of Medicine, 366: 827-834. Big Idea: One thing is for sure – change is constant,... Read More

Painless Needles: Welcome to the Future

The Wall Street Journal’s “Week in Ideas” featured a segment about “pain-free” needles. (You’ll have to scroll to the bottom of the page to see the snippet.) Albeit brief, the two paragraphs caught my attention. How great would it be... Read More

Patient Navigation: An Update on the State of the Science

  The Article: Paskett, E., Harrop, P., & Wells, K. (2011). Patient navigation: An update on the state of the science. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 61(4): 237-249. Big Idea: Patient navigation has been around for over 20 years... Read More