title: Creating a Culture of Rapid Change Adoption: Implementing an Innovations Unit.
abstract: This article provides an overview of 1 hospital's efforts to proactively identify and test new approaches to care delivery through the creation of an Innovations Unit, including the structure and processes of the initiative, the outcomes achieved, and the lessons learned.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer (Dr Tonges), Nurse Manager, Acute GI Surgery Unit (Ms Overman), Sr Quality and Organizational Excellence Leader (Ms Willis), UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Vice President (Mr Ray), Patient Care Services, and Chief Nursing Officer, Rex, UNC Health Care, Raleigh, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonges
authors.forename: Joel D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Angela S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Overman
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Willis
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States