Comments on: Focus Group Questions on Open Source Failure of Health Innovation

By: Cisco

Cisco — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:25:47 +0000

Thank you Carlos and Aman for your comments.

Indeed there is a lot in the field of healthcare failure that must be learned. However, my question (perhaps, our question)is: what is the best strategy for knowledge translation in this domain?

Best,

Cisco

By: Aman

Aman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:14:47 +0000

I agree with Carlos – great post and how can this be done constructively. There is a tremendous need for this in the mHealth (mobile phones for health) area as there are hundreds if not thousands of real world trials going on with mobiles, yet I am not sure failures will be reported.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:54:26 +0000

Cisco,

Excellent post. At the Innovation Cell we are very intrigued by the notion of failure (by the way, we don’t call it like that anymore as it is too intimidating to people). My thesis is trying to understand this concept in a constructive way. I’ll share the related chapter when completed. Meanwhile take a look at this recent essay by Steven Lewis entitled “Systems Designed to Fail, Fail” relevant to your post.

http://www.longwoods.com/product.php?productid=20813&page=1

Best.

Carlos