Innovative Problem Solving & Design Thinking for Health

Harvard HSPH

The capacity to innovate is critical in today's rapidly changing healthcare environment. Design thinking is a disciplined approach to innovation that has been adopted by leading healthcare organizations (e.g. Mayo Clinic, Kaiser, IBM Watson Health) and government agencies (e.g. CDC, HHS). In contrast to a traditional approach to problem solving that focuses on deciding among known solutions, an innovative approach seeks the best solution possible given available resources, time, and…