Agile Implementation: A Model for Implementing Evidence-Based Healthcare Solutions into Real-World Practice to Achieve Sustainable Change

By Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, Jose Azar, MD and Craig A. Solid, PhD

Clearly explains how to think of healthcare delivery organizations as complex adaptive systems

Describes key concepts of behavioral economics and how they can be used to create choice architectures to encourage behavior

Illustrates important underlying theories and the steps of the Agile Implementation Model through real examples

Provides clear direction for how to implement sustainable change in real-world healthcare settings

Includes bonus materials and guides to assist healthcare professionals on how to effectively use the Agile Implementation methodology

• Language: English
• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
• Release date: Jan 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781642796599

Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH

Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, is the Founding Director of the Sandra Eskenazi Center for Brain Care Innovation Center and is the Founder and Chief Innovation and Implementation Officer of the Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science. The center’s mission is to generate innovations to improve patient care as it tackles systemic healthcare costs. To this end, Malaz leads a diverse and interdisciplinary team of scientists, clinicians, and engineers to develop and implement innovations that improve brain health, brain care quality, and patients and their families’ brain care experience. He is also a Research Scientist for the Regenstrief Institute and a Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Malaz lives in Indianapolis with his wife Mary and has two children, Katreen and Zayn.