Leading Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare : A Global Perspective

This ground-breaking book specifically focuses on the leadership of innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare by providing a detailed step-by-step framework for effective leadership in the challenging and dynamic healthcare environment. Taking a fresh approach, it utilizes resources within healthcare organizations and the creative abilities of their people to provide a long-term solution to address key global issues, including the aging population, rising costs and long waiting lists, together with the challenges of staff recruitment and retention.
 
Claudine Kearney offers in-depth insights into what is required to achieve success in the development of innovation. Chapters also demonstrate how to lead innovation, entrepreneurship and design thinking in healthcare as well as how to achieve results with a future oriented mindset. Visionary in its approach, the book examines both internal and external healthcare environment, addressing the key elements such as organizational strategy, culture and structure to overcome challenges. It also provides a thought-provoking analysis on the significant global challenges experienced within healthcare following the Covid-19 pandemic. 
 
Highlighting key learning points, this book will be an excellent resource for postgraduate students and scholars with a specific focus on medical and scientific innovations as well as those responsible for management within healthcare.

Contents:

Preface PART I MEANING AND NATURE OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTHCARE 1. Understanding creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare PART II DEVELOPING INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTHCARE: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE 2. Developing innovation in healthcare 3. Strategic perspective: integration of innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare 4. Corporate entrepreneurship, well-being, resilience and positive psychology in healthcare PART III LEADING INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DESIGN THINKING IN HEALTHCARE 5. Leadership and its impact on innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare 6. Innovation and entrepreneurship among individuals and teams in healthcare 7. Understanding and leading design thinking in healthcare PART IV MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN: A FUTURE-ORIENTED MINDSET 8. Women in leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare 9 Human capital and the future impact of innovation and entrepreneurship on key stakeholders 10. The future of innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare References Index