The Adoption of Innovations by Provider Organizations in Health Care

Rye, Colleen Beecken; Kimberly, John R.

doi:10.1177/1077558707299865

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“…Wolfe [95] indicates that the most consistent theme found in the organizational innovation literature is inconsistency of study findings. Rye and Kimberly [73] further support this claim by stating that the inconsistency in research findings has been a defining theme in adoption and diffusion research. This feature of past research makes it almost impossible to draw firm conclusions on the effects of different factors influencing IT adoption.…”

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A meta-analysis of relationships between organizational characteristics and IT innovation adoption in organizations

Hameed

Counsell

Swift

2012

Information & Management

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Abstract.Adoption of Information Technology (IT) in organizations is influenced by a range of factors in the context of technology, organization, environment and individuals. Amongst others, the IT literature has identified several organizational factors that either facilitates or hinders innovation adoption in organizations. Studies examining the factors influencing IT adoption have produced inconsistent and contradictory outcomes. We performed a meta-analysis of ten organizational factors to determine the relative impact and the strength of these attributes on IT adoption. The study aggregated the findings of past research to evaluate the magnitude and the direction of the relationship between organizational factors and IT innovation adoption. Results showed organizational readiness to be the most significant attribute. We also found a moderately significant relationship between IT adoption and Information Systems (IS) department size. The study found weak significance with IS infrastructure, top management support, IT expertise, resources and organizational size. Formalization, centralization and product champion were found to be insignificant attributes for IT adoption. The study also examined stage of innovation, type of innovation, type of organization and size of organization as four moderator conditions that affect the relationship between organizational variables and IT adoption.

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A meta-analysis of relationships between organizational characteristics and IT innovation adoption in organizations

Hameed

Counsell

Swift

2012

Information & Management

147

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“…Theoretically and substantively, what makes implementation of new technologies and practices sustainable includes distribution of control and authority within an organization, behavior of leaders as well as engagement of top-level management, incentives for change, interplay of interests within an organization, and the role of champions (Rye and Kimberly 2007). So far, the relevance of these factors for sustained use of new practices and technologies in mental health services organizations is not well understood.…”

Section: Organizational Attributes and Their Proposed Role In Mental mentioning

confidence: 96%

“…There are many influences on the implementation of new technology and practices in provider organizations in health care (for review, see Rye and Kimberly 2007). Theoretically and substantively, what makes implementation of new technologies and practices sustainable includes distribution of control and authority within an organization, behavior of leaders as well as engagement of top-level management, incentives for change, interplay of interests within an organization, and the role of champions (Rye and Kimberly 2007).…”

Section: Organizational Attributes and Their Proposed Role In Mental mentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Measurement and the Implementation of Innovations in Mental Health Services

Kimberly

Cook

2007

Adm Policy Ment Health

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This paper presents a brief review of organizational measures related to implementation of new practices and technologies in sectors other than mental health, and discusses potential application of these measures to mental health implementation research. A few standardized organizational measures are presented along with considerations regarding the appropriateness of adapting existing measures rather than creating novel ones or using additional methodologies. Challenges and opportunities for researchers in measuring key organizational constructs related to implementation in mental health settings are discussed.

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“…Provider organizations are the agent adopters of innovations and understanding the factors that inhibit or facilitate this process is important when addressing the key three issues of cost, quality, and access (Rye and Kimberly 2007). A recent study of technology adoption in the NHS noted that centralised dissemination of evidence had little impact and what mattered more was 'practice-based and peer-mediated' local dissemination processes (Kyratsis et al 2012).…”

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Factors affecting the adoption of quality assurance technologies in healthcare

Storey

2013

Journal of Health Organization and Management

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Purpose -In the light of strong policy emphasis on quality and safety in the nursing care of patients in hospital settings, this paper focuses on the factors affecting the adoption of innovative quality assurance technologies.Design/methodology/approach -Two sets of complementary literatures were mined for key themes. Next, new empirical insights were sought. Data gathering was conducted in three phases. The first involved contact with NHS Technology Hubs and other institutions which had insights into leading centres in quality assurance technologies. The second phase was a series of telephone interviews with lead nurses in those hospitals which were identified in the first phase as comprising the leading centres. The third phase comprised a series of face to face interviews with innovators and adopters of healthcare quality assurance technologies in five hospital trusts.Findings -There were three main sets of findings. First, despite the strong policy push and the templates established at national level, there were significant variations in the nature and robustness of the quality assurance toolkits that were developed, adapted and adopted. Second, in most of the adopting cases there were important obstacles to the full adoption of the toolkits that were designed. Third, the extent and nature of the ambition of the developers varied dramatically -some wished to see their work impacting widely across the health service; others had a number of different reasons for wanting to restrict the impact of their work.Originality/value -The general concerns about front-line care and the various inquiries into care quality failures emphasise the need for improved and consistent care quality assurance methodologies and practice. The technology adoption literature gives only partial insight into the nature of the challenges; this paper offers specific insights into the factors inhibiting the full adoption of quality assurance technologies in ward-based care.

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The Adoption of Innovations by Provider Organizations in Health Care

Cited by 130 publications

References 94 publications

A meta-analysis of relationships between organizational characteristics and IT innovation adoption in organizations

A meta-analysis of relationships between organizational characteristics and IT innovation adoption in organizations

Organizational Measurement and the Implementation of Innovations in Mental Health Services

Factors affecting the adoption of quality assurance technologies in healthcare

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