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Table 3 Learning tensions associated with healthcare innovation

From: What can healthcare systems learn from looking at tensions in innovation processes? A systematic literature review

Authors

Type of innovation

Stage of innovation process

Type of tension

(dilemma or paradox)

Conflicting elements

Rowe and Hogarth (2005)

Four primary care trust pilot sites

Implementing projects

External facilitation

vs.

Internal satisfaction

(Dilemma)

A: External facilitation: Need for external energy to challenge the status quo and get ahead (p. 402)

B: Internal satisfaction: “Comfort zone” of leadership and of the whole organization (p. 402)