title: Innovation within the federal healthcare services: initiatives and promises.
abstract: Within the healthcare services industry, innovation is offered as a process for ameliorating issues, improving services, and getting the most out of scarce resources. Medical Services in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Veterans Administration, and the Public Health Service have formed a Federal Healthcare Innovation Network (FHIN) to optimize the use of this management tool. In this article, the concept of innovation in healthcare services management and delivery is reviewed, initiatives in innovation within the five federal healthcare services are discussed, and the promises innovation holds for improved healthcare delivery are addressed.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006768:Hospitals, Federal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014492:United States Public Health Service