Knowledge management and technological innovation in hospitals / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Knowledge management, as a new managerial concept, is the specific embodiment of knowledge based economy in the field of management while technological innovation, constituting the core of technological progress, is the effective extension and application of scientific and technological knowledge. Hospitals, which are knowledge based institutions, possess good foundations and advantages of implementing knowledge management and technological innovation. There is a close link between knowledge management and technological innovation in hospitals, the former being the basis and primary guarantee of the latter and the latter being the result and manifestation of the former. Hospital managers should take measures to promote the sound interaction between the two so as to enhance the core competency of their hospitals.