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Developing a conceptual framework for the early adoption of healthcare technologies in hospitals

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The 2019 Topol Review for the UK National Health Service (NHS) outlined a vision for a digital future for healthcare, including the development of on-site innovation hubs in hospitals1. These spaces are intended to improve patient care through innovation collaborations.

At the Data Research, Innovation and Virtual Environments unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, ideas for new technologies are submitted to the innovation hub each month. These ideas are triaged by an interdisciplinary group of hospital staff, with the goal of breaking down silos and developing these technologies in a real-world context. We are interested in adopting more new healthcare technologies and encouraging a culture of innovation in which ideas are valued and worked on collaboratively. However, initial proposals received for review by innovation hubs like ours vary in quality. This makes it difficult to decide which technologies should be selected first without a more thorough assessment, which might take several months to years to complete.

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S.V. acknowledges doctoral funding from the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Charity (GOSHCC) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children R&D Office approval (no. 19PE20).

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Visram, S., Rogers, Y. & Sebire, N.J. Developing a conceptual framework for the early adoption of healthcare technologies in hospitals. Nat Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02860-8

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