Abstract
Background
For successful health technology innovation and implementation, it is key to understand the problem and whether a proposed innovation is the best way to solve the problem. However, making this workable for academic and early development settings can be challenging. A case study is presented on the organization of innovation and implementation activities throughout a 5-year interdisciplinary research program titled Risk-based lifEstyle Change: daily lifE moNiToring and Recommendations (RECENTRE).
Methods
RECENTRE integrates state-of-the-art theories and models for sustainable implementation of innovations in healthcare practice. The process is facilitated by an implementation specialist. The program now runs for 1 year. Dedicated “implementation sessions” were organized with each of the 6 work packages and during consortium meetings.
Findings
Together with work packages, implementation definitions, assumptions, knowledge gaps and support needs were explored. An initial stakeholder analysis was performed for the clinical use cases of daily life monitoring and recommendations for people with obesity and colon cancer. An implementation research strategy plan was drafted taking into account identified complexities for RECENTRE’s proposed use cases, innovations, organizational structure, and individual work package plans. Integrated follow-up activities and tools include dedicated contextual inquiry, interdisciplinary collaboration, expert consultations, training, innovation management, and strategy evaluation.
Discussion
So far, program members were positive about the involvement of an implementation specialist. The pro-active way of working supports early awareness, finding a common objective, and holistic innovation perspectives. This is considered essential for making conscious choices regarding next steps for development, evaluation, and implementation in clinical practice.
For successful health technology innovation and implementation, it is key to understand the problem and whether a proposed innovation is the best way to solve the problem. However, making this workable for academic and early development settings can be challenging. A case study is presented on the organization of innovation and implementation activities throughout a 5-year interdisciplinary research program titled Risk-based lifEstyle Change: daily lifE moNiToring and Recommendations (RECENTRE).
Methods
RECENTRE integrates state-of-the-art theories and models for sustainable implementation of innovations in healthcare practice. The process is facilitated by an implementation specialist. The program now runs for 1 year. Dedicated “implementation sessions” were organized with each of the 6 work packages and during consortium meetings.
Findings
Together with work packages, implementation definitions, assumptions, knowledge gaps and support needs were explored. An initial stakeholder analysis was performed for the clinical use cases of daily life monitoring and recommendations for people with obesity and colon cancer. An implementation research strategy plan was drafted taking into account identified complexities for RECENTRE’s proposed use cases, innovations, organizational structure, and individual work package plans. Integrated follow-up activities and tools include dedicated contextual inquiry, interdisciplinary collaboration, expert consultations, training, innovation management, and strategy evaluation.
Discussion
So far, program members were positive about the involvement of an implementation specialist. The pro-active way of working supports early awareness, finding a common objective, and holistic innovation perspectives. This is considered essential for making conscious choices regarding next steps for development, evaluation, and implementation in clinical practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 273 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Sept 2024 |
| Event | 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, EHPS 2024 - Cascais, Portugal Duration: 3 Sept 2024 → 6 Sept 2024 Conference number: 38 |
Conference
| Conference | 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, EHPS 2024 |
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| Abbreviated title | EHPS 2024 |
| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Cascais |
| Period | 3/09/24 → 6/09/24 |