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Oral presentation 8.1Factors contributing to innovation readiness in health care organizations: A scoping review
Van den Hoed, M. W. 1,2 , Backhaus, R. 1,2 , de Vries, E. 1,2
, Hamers, J.P.H. 1,2 , Daniëls, R. 2,3
1 Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, CAPHRI Care
and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2 Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
3 Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Expertise Centre for Innovative Care and Technology, Research
Centre for Assistive Technology in Health Care, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Introduction: Increasing innovation readiness of healthcare organizations is necessary to meet
upcoming challenges, including population aging and staff shortages. Health care organizations differ
in the extent to which they are innovation ready.
Aim of Study: This review aims to clarify the concept of innovation readiness and identify which
factors contribute to innovation readiness in health care organizations.
Methods: A scoping review was conducted based on the framework from Arksey and O’Malley.
PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched for studies that (a) aimed to contribute
to scientific knowledge about innovation readiness of health care organizations, (b) were peerreviewed, (c) reported empirical data and (d) were written in English, Dutch or German.
Results: Of the 6,208 studies identified, 44 were included. The authors used a variety of terms and
descriptions addressing innovation readiness, and hardly any theoretical frameworks for innovation
readiness were presented. Findings were clusterd into four main factors and 10 sub-factors
contributing to the innovation readiness of health care organizations: strategic course for innovation,
climate for innovation, leadership for innovation and commitment to innovation. Climate for
innovation (n=16) was studied the most and individual commitment to innovation (n=6) the least.
Conclusion: Our study identified four main factors contributing to the innovation readiness of health
care organizations. Research into innovation readiness of health care organizations is a rather new
field. Future research could be directed towards defining the concept of innovation readiness and the
development of a framework for innovation readiness.
Relevance for research and practice: More understanding of the interplay of factors contributing to
innovation readiness in all stages of the innovation process and in diverse health care settings can
support health care managers to structurally embed innovation. This review contributes to the first
stage of theory building on factors contributing to innovation readiness of health care organizations.
| Period | 10 Sept 2022 |
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| Event title | The 19th European Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science Designing the Future of Healthcare : Nurses Taking the Lead |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Bern, SwitzerlandShow on map |