Diffusion, spread & sustainability of proven innovations in health care Pt2

29 March 2011

Professor Jonathan Lomas

In this masterclass Professor Jonathan Lomas draws on his extensive work in the field to examine the diffusion, spread and sustainability of proven innovations in health care.

Professor Lomas’ masterclass is based on the concept of an innovation adoption chain involving the three interlinked stages of production/evaluation, dissemination and final adoption of innovations. The ideas within the class are drawn from the principles of effective knowledge translation and exchange. The focus is on both individual and organisational issues in creating a more receptive context for innovation through changed structures, processes and cultures.

Broad Topics: Medicine and Life Science

Sub-topics: Medical & Health Science

Areas: ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences

Professor Lomas is the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, a nationally endowed organisation founded in 1997 to improve the relevance and use of health services research in health system decision-making.

From 1982 to 1997, he was a Professor of Health Policy Analysis at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, where he co-founded the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis - an applied research group with a strong emphasis on research dissemination and uptake. He has published two books and numerous articles and chapters in the area of health policy and health services research. His main interest, and the area in which he has an international reputation, is the role and impact of research evidence in health systems decision-making.