Perspectives on managing innovation readiness in long-term care: a Q-methodology study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The scarcity of resources in long-term care demands more than ever that organizations in this sector are prepared for innovation to ensure affordable access to care for older adults. Organizations that are innovation ready are more capable of implementing innovations. Therefore, a better understanding of how stakeholders view innovation readiness in long-term care can provide actionable strategies to enhance their innovative capacities. 'Innovation readiness' indicates the level of maturity of an organization to succeed in any type of innovation. Our study explored perspectives among stakeholders on what they consider important for organizations in long-term care for older adults to be innovation ready.

Methods

Q-methodology, a mixed-methods approach, was used to

SUBMITTER: van den Hoed MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11658053 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature