Mitch Keamy is an anesthesiologist in Las Vegas Nevada
Andy Kofke is a Professor of Neuro-anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennslvania
Mike O'Connor is Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Chicago
Rob Dean is a cardiac anesthesiologist in Grand Rapids Michigan, with extensive experience in O.R. administration.
My hospital recently ran an innovation tournament. over 1700 ideas but only one of them won to get implemented. So I share what I submitted in this and a series of posts to share my suggested innovations with others; perhaps some good will come out of the effort.
Ambidextrous Organization
The Innovators Dilemma(Christensen) describes failure of well-run companies to stay atop their industries when they confront disruptive technological change and is thought to be a reproducible phenomenon in all organizations. Examples include Geisinger-like integrated health systems, emerging independence of advance practice nurses to displace MDs, & global healthcare competition. Does the health system have a way to deal with the now small, but potentially disruptive low cost services offered in India? I suggest that the health system create an administrative structure, a so called ambidextrous organization, which will facilitate and support development of potentially disruptive technologies without interfering with current cash cow services.
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