Health Affairs is planning a theme issue for February 2018 that will provide a broad look at diffusion of innovations in the health care delivery system. We plan to publish about 20 peer-reviewed articles including empirical research, systematic reviews, well-designed case studies, analyses, and commentaries from leading researchers, scholars, diffusion experts, and stakeholders in diffusion activities.
We will invite several overview papers that explore the concept of diffusion and its theoretical underpinnings, how innovative ideas are spread, why diffusion is an important discipline and considered separately from innovation, and the influence of public policies and private sector developments. In filling out the issue, we are particularly interested in empirical analyses of diffusion initiatives of varying scales and origins, from both the private and public sectors, and from the U.S. and abroad. We will place an emphasis on papers about diffusion in the health care industry, but we will also consider papers that attempt to draw lessons from other industries. We are also interested in lessons learned from failed diffusion initiatives.
We invite all interested authors to submit abstracts for consideration for this issue. Editors will review the abstracts and, for those that best fit our vision and goals for the issue, invite authors to submit full papers for consideration for the issue.
In order to be considered, abstracts must be submitted no later than 11:59PM Eastern time, March 27, 2017. We regret that we will not be able to consider any abstracts submitted after that date.
Abstract submissions should not exceed 500 words. Please consult our online guidelines for additional formatting instructions and answers to frequently asked questions. Submit abstracts via our online submission portal.
We thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to pass this invitation along to colleagues who might be interested, as well. If you have questions about this request, please e-mail Healthaffairs_diffusion_queries@projecthope.org
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