Behind the Innovation Curtain: Fertile Fields

and Accelerators

Bernard Mohr and Allan Tear

Fertile Fields for Innovation

Philosophical/Paradigmatic

Field

Procedural/Technical

Systems Field

Organizational/Social

Systems Field

Innovation in the Procedural/Technical Systems Field

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Obstetri

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Gynecology, P

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logy,

Pediatrics

,

Neonatology

Management and Coordination of Care

Participation

Leadership

Primary CareInternal Medicine,

Medical Specialties,

Family Practice, Hospitalist,

Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine*

Women &

Childre

n Care

Management

Design

HospitalAdministration

Hospital Board

Medical Executive Committee

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Performance Improvement

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General S

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, Surg

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Specialti

es, Anest

hesia*

Surgical Care

Radiation Oncology, Medical

Oncology, Pathology*Cancer Care

Patient / Communit

y

PerformanceImprovement

Teams

Clin

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Micro

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Caregivers

* Specialties provide care in all service lines

Innovation in the Organizational/Social Systems Field

Constructionist Principle

Principle of Simultaneity

Poetic Principle

Anticipatory Principle

Positive Principle

FivePrinciples

Of AI

Innovation in the Philosophical/Paradigmatic Field

An Innovation Accelerator’s Tool Set

●Innovation jam – face to face and virtual collaboration●Marketplace of ideas - Egalitarian systems for assessing idea potential ●Accelerated deployment - rapid sharing between units / departments / health centres●Dynamic Evaluation ●Rapid prototyping