@article{article_1028899, title={THE INNOVATION PERSPECTIVE OF EMPLOYEES IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL}, journal={International Journal of Health Management and Tourism}, volume={6}, pages={579–593}, year={2021}, DOI={10.31201/ijhmt.937704}, url={https://izlik.org/JA67AG58ZG}, author={Toprak Karaçelik, Burcu and Beyhan, Tuğba Emine and Kılıç Aksu, Pınar and Şişman Kitapçı, Nur and Kitapçı, Okan Cem and Köksal, Leyla and Yay, Meral and İşçi, Emre and Çatar, Ramazan Özgür and Mumcu, Gonca}, keywords={Healthcare Professionals, Innovation Perspective, Private Healthcare Organization}, abstract={Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the innovation perspective of employees from technical, administrative and medical units in a private hospital of a health group.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 177 employees form different departments in a private hospital were included. The data were collected by a questionnaire regarding use of health technologies and innovation related items. These items were scored by using 5-point Likert scale (1: Strongly disagree; 2: Disagree; 3: Neither agree nor disagree; 4: Agree; 5: Strongly agree). After performing both Explanatory and Confirmatory factor analyses, the 15-item Healthcare Innovation Scale with 4 subgroups regarding
"Innovation Perception", "Innovation and Sector Relationship", "Innovation and Project Management" and "Innovation and Relationship with Competitors" were defined.
Results: The item regarding “expectations of patients" (n=52, 44.4%) was stated primarily issue in the innovation process. In the scale, the score of the "Innovation Perception" subgroup was significantly higher in employees from the medical unit (4.07±0.58) and administrative unit (3.89±0.53) compared to those from the technical unit (3.48±0.62) (p=0.000). The score of the "Innovation and Relations with Competitors" subgroup was found to be significantly higher in administrative unit employees (3.53±0.76) compared to technical unit employees (3.14±0.76)(p=0.014).
Conclusion: Since innovation activity is a competitive factor for hospitals, health managers could take into consideration patients’ expectations and employees’ innovation perspectives. In addition, Healthcare Innovation Scale as a reliable and valid scale could be helpful for this purpose.}, number={3}