are increasingly required to adopt quality management accreditation. Standardization through accreditation bares the risk … decision-making to seek accreditation and pursue innovation activities, whether accreditation and innovation activities help … develop a conceptual model of the relationship between accreditation and innovation activities. We find that hospitals engaged …

chain of an emerging new product and how they contribute to innovation. Further, user innovation success in the market is … studies in the healthcare sector have shown that healthcare professionals are an important source of innovation. Yet, to date …

) innovation. It analyzes the adoption processes of various tools and applications, particularly Electronic Health Records (EHR … States healthcare system, the study, adoption and diffusion of healthcare technology innovation, particularly HIT, is …Preface -- Part I A Dynamic-Capabilities Theory Based Innovation Diffusion Model for Spread of Health Information …