@article {578, title = {Accelerating a Network Model of Care: Taking a Social Innovation to Scale}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {26-30}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Government-funded systems of health and social care are facing enormous fiscal and human-resource challenges. The space for innovation in care is wide open and new disruptive patterns are emerging. These include self-management and personal budgets, participatory and integrated care, supported decision making and a renewed focus on prevention. Taking these disruptive patterns to scale can be accelerated by a technologically enabled shift to a network model of care to co-create the best outcomes for individuals, family caregivers, and health and social care organizations. The connections, relationships, and activities within an individual{\textquoteright}s personal network lay the foundation for care that health and social care systems/policy must simultaneously support and draw on for positive outcomes. Practical tools, adequate information, and tangible resources are required to coordinate and sustain care. Tyze Personal Networks is a social venture that uses technology to engage and inform the individual, their personal networks, and their care providers to co-create the best outcomes. In this article, we demonstrate how Tyze contributes to a shift to a network model of care by strengthening our networks and enhancing partnerships between care providers, individuals, and family and friends. }, keywords = {network centric care, network model of care, personal networks, social innovation, Tyze}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/578}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/578}, author = {Vickie Cammack and Kerry Byrne} }