Perceptions and factors in innovation in Danish healthcare: A Techno-Anthropological case study at the Innovation Clinic
Author
Bjerre, Zelina Rabjerg
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2025
Submitted on
2025-05-28
Pages
67
Abstract
This Master’s thesis examines how innovation in healthcare is understood by actors in the Innovation Clinics’ Monitor of Change Project, and what elements together make up innovation. The study uses ethnographic methods: interviews and participant observation during fieldwork at the Innovation Clinic, as well as participation in workshops and events. The empirical material is analyzed using Actor-Network Theory and Erik Riiskjær’s Controlling Logics. Actor-Network Theory views innovation as shaped by networks of people, organizations, and technologies, while Controlling Logics highlights different ways of steering and prioritizing work in healthcare. The thesis finds that participants’ perceptions and values help shape what innovation becomes in practice. From these perspectives, fourteen factors are identified as important to consider for innovation to succeed. It is essential to clarify the need and value the innovation addresses and to stay attentive to the actors’ agendas and the effects of different factors. In this process, the Innovation Clinic plays a mediating role, linking actors, needs, perspectives, and factors to support successful innovation.
Denne kandidatafhandling undersøger, hvordan innovation i sundhedsvæsenet opfattes af aktører i Innovation Clinics’ Monitor of Change-projektet, og hvilke forhold der tilsammen udgør innovation. Afhandlingen bygger på etnografiske metoder: interviews og deltagende observation under feltarbejde i Innovation Clinic samt deltagelse i workshops og arrangementer. Det empiriske materiale analyseres med Actor-Network Theory og Erik Riiskjærs Controlling Logics. Actor-Network Theory ser innovation som noget, der formes i netværk af mennesker, organisationer og teknologier, mens Controlling Logics belyser forskellige styringslogikker og prioriteringer i sundhedsvæsenet. Afhandlingen viser, at de involverede aktørers opfattelser og værdier er med til at forme, hvad innovation bliver til i praksis. Set fra disse perspektiver peger afhandlingen på fjorten faktorer, der er vigtige at tage i betragtning for at få innovation til at lykkes. Det er afgørende at forstå det behov og den værdi, som innovationen adresserer, og at være opmærksom på aktørernes dagsordener og de forskellige faktorers virkninger. I denne proces fungerer Innovation Clinic som en mægler, der forbinder aktører, behov, perspektiver og faktorer for at understøtte vellykket innovation.
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