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The Role of Innovation in Improving Population Health

Innovation can come in many forms, this chapter states: changes in current processes that make them more efficient or effective; shifts toward different processes to achieve the same goal; or larger changes that may include rethinking the task itself. While innovation can be part of the normal work flow, innovation is disruptive when it changes established roles and relationships. The chapter looks at the role of innovation in aims at improving public health. Innovation is hard to define, and means different things to different people. Innovation is occurring in population health care practice. We should embrace the characteristics of innovation, the chapter concludes.