title: Accelerating change: Fostering innovation in healthcare delivery at academic medical centers.
abstract: Academic medical centers (AMCs) have the potential to be leaders in the era of healthcare delivery reform, but most have yet to display a commitment to delivery innovation on par with their commitment to basic research. Several institutional factors impede delivery innovation including the paucity of adequate training in design and implementation of new delivery models and the lack of established pathways for academic career advancement outside of research. This paper proposes two initiatives to jumpstart disruptive innovation at AMCs: an institutional "innovation incubator" program and a clinician-innovator career track coupled with innovation training programs.
authors.affiliation: Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Care at Hand, Boston, MA, USA; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: andreyostrovskymd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ostrovsky
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ginger.io, San Francisco, CA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barnett
keywords: Academic Medical Centers; Digital health; Entrepreneurship; Incubators; Innovation; Startups