Activating Mechanisms Through Employee-Driven Innovation; Comment on “Employee-Driven Innovation in Health Organizations: Insights From a Scoping Review”

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1 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada

2 Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

 Caddedu et al’s paper “Employee-Driven Innovation in Health Organizations: Insights From a Scoping Review”, presents findings regarding the state of the literature around EmployeeDriven Innovation (referred to as EDI in the paper). In uncovering the who, what, and how of EDI in healthcare organizations the authors suggest that embracing EDI at an organizational level may be a key to supporting larger system transformation efforts. This commentary builds on this contention suggesting that to help realize that broader vision, attention should be paid to the overlapping implementation mechanisms around empowerment, adaptability, learning, and meaning and value that drive both processes. Finally, it is suggested that what may be most powerful about EDI is its ability to bring joy and vitality back to a health care workforce that is currently in crisis.

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 27 August 2024

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  • Receive Date: 30 May 2024
  • Revise Date: 20 August 2024
  • Accept Date: 24 August 2024
  • First Publish Date: 27 August 2024

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