The Or­gan­iz­a­tion of Health Care In­nov­a­tion

Course content

Health care innovation takes place in organizations in which managers, employees, patients, technologies, rules and practices constitute the organizational conditions for the design, implementation, adaptation and success of the innovation. The main objective of this course is to teach students how to understand and analyze such organizational conditions and contexts for health care innovation and become acquainted with the practical value of organizational analysis for healthcare innovation processes. The course introduces core themes of contemporary organization theory and relates each of these to the design and organization of innovations in healthcare. More specifically, the students will be presented with some of the most important organizational conditions for healthcare innovation including formal structure, culture, professions, user-involvement, infrastructure, technology and practice. Together these organizational themes are essential for understanding how healthcare organizations work and how organizational processes and practices are key elements in organizing health care innovation.