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Assessing the value of healthcare innovations: a proposal for an integrated health technology assessment–responsible innovation in health approach in the “new normal”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Kanchan Mukherjee Open the ORCID record for Kanchan Mukherjee [Opens in a new window]  and
Tom Walley
Kanchan Mukherjee*
Affiliation:
Centre for Health Policy, Planning, and Management, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India and
Tom Walley
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, Health, and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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*Author for correspondence: Kanchan Mukherjee, E-mail: kanch@tiss.edu
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Abstract

There has been tremendous technological innovation in the healthcare sector, but it has also raised serious ethical and social concerns. The COVID-19 pandemic has only magnified these existing challenges. Hence, addressing these challenges becomes imperative in the “new normal.” In this context, this article uses a narrative synthesis approach to discuss the linkages of health technology, innovation, and policy to identify the challenges of this complex interaction by applying the principles of pragmatism and historicity to the existing literature. Moreover, the existing scientific mechanisms in the form of health technology assessment (HTA) and responsible innovation in health (RIH) are described to address these challenges. Using inductive epistemology, the linkages between HTA and RIH within a health innovation ecosystem framework are discussed for the future application of an integrated approach to address societal challenges. The proposed integrated approach of HTA and RIH is a work in progress and conceptualized as transdisciplinary, flexible, and adaptive, which is expected to facilitate future discussion, research, and policy action.

Keywords

Technology assessmentCOVID-19InnovationEcosystemsHealthcare systems
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Perspective
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , 2022 , e47
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

The authors thank Prof. Satyajit Majumdar, Dean, School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS and Governing Board Member National Innovation Foundation (India) for his insightful comments, which helped in preparing this manuscript. The authors also thank the two anonymous reviewers and editorial team members for their insightful comments, which helped the approach of this article. The manuscript was developed from the PhD research of the first author.

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