INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE ORGANISTIONS

Innovations in Health Care Organization

Innovations in Health Care System

Introduction

There have been made many changes in the health care organizations. The organizations have always been making changes in its systems in order to provide quality health care to its patients. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), increase in a country's economic growth is essential to the creation and promotion of an environment that promotes innovation. It is imperative to actively promote innovation in all sectors.

Discussion

Factors influencing Innovations in Health Care Organizations

There are number of factors that affect the innovations in health care organizations in different ways. However among them, the most important factor is investment made by the health care organizations. The element of encouraging organizations to spend on research and development of medical technology is an important factor and influences the innovations in this field greatly. There have been made successful innovations in the filed of medicine and medical equipments but it needs assistance from higher authorities as well. Specifically in the pharmaceutical sector, there is a window of opportunity to innovate. Innovation in health allows having the best treatments for patients. The innovations that can be made in provision of services are:

Reduce length of hospital stay

Avoid costly surgeries

Reduce recovery periods

Improve their quality of life

Increase productivity

These factors generate budgetary savings for public health systems and provide the patients with quality health care services at lower cost. The use of innovative treatments allows total spending to be allocated on health. An innovative treatment takes on average 15 years in developing and investing in research amounts to approximately $ 1.000 million. The protection of intellectual property through patents stimulates the generation of innovative products, ensuring fair competition and investment protection for creators. Respect to patent promotes the development of new technologies, products and services. The pharmaceutical research industry is committed to continue researching and discovering innovative treatments.

Success of innovations also depends on the work of government authorities engaged in the protection of intellectual property. In so far as to safeguard innovation in the health area, the doctors have been growing the incentive of inventors and organizations to invest in research and development. To foster an environment favourable to innovation in the health sector, the health care sector should be an example in offering the best and most innovative therapies and medicines for its population. There should be a significant savings in the health spending to attract investment and promote greater economic growth. The innovation not only benefits the patient in improving their quality of life, but it also affects the professionalization of human resources, the vitality of the economy, as well as scientific and technological development of the country.

One of the critical factors in the progress of medicine is the innovation of vaccines and medicines. Undoubtedly, innovation has revolutionized health care. The difficult process of innovation in pharmaceutical research is supported by different organizations. The use and application of advanced technologies has made it possible to generate inputs for quality, safety ...