Innovationsprojekt i en klinisk miljö
Utvecklandet av en designprocess för Sister Kenny Research Center
The Sister Kenny Research Center is part of the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute locatedat the Abbott Northwestern hospital in Minneapolis, USA. The Sister Kenny RehabilitationInstitute provides rehabilitative services, treating more than 70,000 patients a year.The Sister Kenny Research Center strives to optimize the service to patients by nurturingnew innovations in rehabilitation care and treatment. Research projects are conducted ininterdisciplinary so-called Clinical Innovation Teams. As the Sister Kenny Research Center isrecently started, it did not prior to this thesis project have a design process or structured way ofworking in design projects.The outcome of this thesis project is a comprehensive innovation strategy package with a set oftools to enhance the innovativeness at the Sister Kenny Research Center. The strategy packageconsists of three interlinked parts:?A design process adapted to the work environment at the Sister Kenny Research Centerensuring projects are conducted in a structured and innovative manner.?An Innovation Handbook describing the design process to the Clinical Innovation Teamsand providing step-by-step guidance to designing. The handbook is written for peoplewith little or no previous experience from design projects.?A report with recommendations to the management at the Sister Kenny Research Centerof how to best support design projects. The report includes aspects of workplace design,recommendations on how to deal with uncertainties that come when moving betweenclinical care and research and ideas of how to ensure quality of care and maintainproductivity when clinicians engage in research activities.This innovation strategy package provides the Sister Kenny Research Center with a goodfoundation for conducting innovation projects.