title: Disruptive Innovation: Latest Buzzword or New Reality?
abstract: This is an inaugural department column focusing on disruptive healthcare innovations and the implications for nurse leaders and nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Managing Director, The Advisory Board Company, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boston-Fleischhauer
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D009936:Organizational Innovation