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Mad for Method

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Innovation doesn’t just happen by chance. It happens because smart, dedicated people work really hard. But arming innovators with an intelligent methodology to discover, test and spread innovations, certainly makes that job easier and more effective.

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Notes

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    See Wikipedia “Lean Manufacturing”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing

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    See Wikipedia “Six Sigma”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_sigma

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    See Wikipedia “Human-Centered Design”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-centered_design

  4. 4.

    See Wikipedia “Ethnography”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography

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  1. Innovation Learning Network/Innovation Consultancy, Kaiser Permanente, 1800 Harrison Street, 17th Floor, Oakland, CA, 94612, USA

    Chris McCarthy MBA, MPH

  2. Innovation Consultancy, Kaiser Permanente, 1800 Harrison Street, 17th Floor, Oakland, CA, 94612, USA

    Christi Dining Zuber BSN, RN, MHA

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Correspondence to Chris McCarthy MBA, MPH .

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  1. , Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, East Superior Street Chicago 420, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, USA

    Lyle Berkowitz

  2. Innovation Consultancy / ILN, Kaiser Permanente, Harrison St., 17th Flr 1800, Oakland, 94612, California, USA

    Chris McCarthy

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McCarthy, C., Zuber, C.D. (2013). Mad for Method. In: Berkowitz, L., McCarthy, C. (eds) Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4327-7_2

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