The availability of sequence information from publicly available complete genomes and data intensive sciences, together with next-generation sequencing technologies offer substantial promise for innovation in vaccinology and global public health in the beginning of the 21st century. This article presents an innovation analysis for the nascent field of vaccinomics by describing one of the major ...

Introduction: Lack of a clear policy for the development of healthhuman resources has created inconsistencies. These imbalancesare threats to the health system to achieve its goals. Therefore, thedevelopment of human resources through proper performance ofhigher education health system is an important part of the policydevelopment process of the health sector. The present paper aimsto introduce...

HoSpitalS and HealtH SyStemS are creating new entities to explore and exploit non-traditional solutions to a wide range of systemic health care delivery challenges. Known as innovation centers, the organizations are modeled on similar entities from non-health care sectors and focus largely on quality, access, and cost issues. The California HealthCare Foundation interviewed leaders at health ca...

The aim of the present article was to systematically review the ethics of surgical innovation and introduce the components of the learning health care system to guide future research and debate on surgical innovation.Although the call for evidence-based practice in surgery is increasingly high on the agenda, most surgeons feel that the format of the randomized controlled trial is not suitable f...

PURPOSE When introducing innovations to health care, it is important to gain insight into determinants that may facilitate or impede the introduction, in order to design an appropriate strategy for introducing the innovation. To obtain an overview of determinants of innovations in health care organizations, we carried out a literature review and a Delphi study. The Delphi study was intended to ...

Many countries face severe challenges in health care, especially soaring costs. Innovative products and services are needed to help increase the quality of care and to reduce costs. In the field of rare diseases, which often is not attractive economically, the situation is even more serious. Building on extant research on open innovation, we use a design science approach to study an open innova...

T he progress report on the UN secretary general’s Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, Saving Lives, Protecting Futures, notes that “innovation is essential to achieving the ultimate goal of ending preventable deaths among women and children and ensuring they thrive.”1 The report advocates for integrated innovation, which combines science and technology and social, business, and ...