1. Local Innovations Forum
Utilising external evidence and organisational knowledge: opportunities
The Idea:
A forum at which staff of any profession or grade can present their innovations to a panel of senior decision-makers who will select the best ideas to take forward.
Way to make ideas for improvement heard.
Unified process for encouraging organisation-wide innovation and service improvement
Impact:
Prioritise service improvement ideas and innovation based upon those that are based upon evidence and best practice.
Focus energy on supporting ideas that will benefit patient care and the organisation.
Innovations may be income generating.
Case Study
Implementation tips:
Ask your health librarian and knowledge specialist to develop a process for managing the forum
Set up regular forums - over breakfast can be popular
Ask your health librarian and knowledge specialist to sit on the panel
Ask your health librarian and knowledge specialist to assess applications according to evidence from
external research and best practice.
Your health librarian can help with implementation of innovations and service improvements.
Ask your health librarian and knowledge specialist to create a database of all the
innovations and service improvements to put people in touch with each other and encourage
widespread adoption throughout the organisation. See the KM Model.
For further information see the KM Toolkit