Controversies in Healthcare Innovation

"What happens when we look at how actors disagree - or better agree on their disagreement - during an innovation process? Instead of a harmonious process of implementation, the authors propose to look at controversies in the 'innovation journey' in health care settings. This book proposes a challenging theoretical and methodological shift in innovation studies through a practice and process approach." (Silvia Gherardi, Professor, University of Trento, Italy) "This edited volume asks two fundamental questions: What is the role of controversies in innovation? And: How can we overcome the various challenges that are facing healthcare in an era of rapid technological, economic and organizational change? By providing captivating and diverse empirical answers to these two questions, the editors and contributors to this volume sketch a route that leads the reader from the challenges of health care innovation to controversies' energizing potential in overcoming them." (Susi Geiger, Professor of Marketing and Market Studies, University College Dublin)

This book examines healthcare innovation processes, shedding light on the controversies endemic to innovation, which make such processes notoriously challenging. Controversies in Healthcare Innovation will also appeal to practitioners of health care management, innovation project managers and policy-makers in the health care sector.

This book examines healthcare innovation processes, shedding light on the controversies endemic to innovation, which make such processes notoriously challenging. While, in the heat of action, controversies may be seen as barriers to innovation, observations reported in this volume point to controversies also having an energizing role. Students and academics studying innovation, organization, and health management and economics will find this book a valuable read as it provides empirical case studies on innovation processes in practice. Controversies in Healthcare Innovation will also appeal to practitioners of health care management, innovation project managers and policy-makers in the health care sector.