scholarly journals Evaluation of E-health Innovations towards Public Health in Izmir, Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-81
Author(s):  
Onur O. Oral ◽  
Evangelia Stavropoulou ◽  
Lefteris Emmanuel Heretakis ◽  
George N. Nomikos ◽  
Nikitas N. Nomikos
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Innovations

Public Health Preemption Plus: Constitutional Affronts to Public Health Innovations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Hodge ◽  
Madeline Morcelle ◽  
Sarah Wetter ◽  
Jennifer Piatt ◽  
Danielle Chronister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Innovations

scholarly journals Public Health Innovations on the Way to Interruption of Poliovirus Transmission in Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 213 (suppl 3) ◽  
pp. S65-S66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui G. Vaz ◽  
Pascal Mkanda ◽  
Peter Nsubuga ◽  
Muhammad Ado ◽  
Andrew Etsano
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Innovations ◽  
The Way

scholarly journals Why is repositioning public health innovation towards a social paradigm necessary? A reflection on the field of public health through the examples of Ebola and Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marietou Niang ◽  
Sophie Dupéré ◽  
Hassane Alami ◽  
Marie-Pierre Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Specific Problem ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Health Innovation ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Health Innovations ◽  
Economic Paradigm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Social Paradigm

AbstractHealth innovations are generally oriented on a techno-economic vision. In this perspective, technologies are seen as an end in themselves, and there is no arrangement between the technical and the social values of innovation. This vision prevails in sanitary crises, in which management is carried out based on the search for punctual, reactive, and technical solutions to remedy a specific problem without a systemic/holistic, sustainable, or proactive approach. This paper attempts to contribute to the literature on the epistemological orientation of innovations in the field of public health. Taking the Covid-19 and Ebola crises as examples, the primary objective is to show how innovation in health is oriented towards a techno-economic paradigm. Second, we propose a repositioning of public health innovation towards a social paradigm that will put more emphasis on the interaction between social and health dimensions in the perspective of social change. We will conclude by highlighting the roles that public health could play in allowing innovations to have more social value, especially during sanitary crises.

scholarly journals Are Health Innovations Techno-economic or Social Values in a period of a Health Crisis? A Reflection on the Field of Public Health through the Examples of Ebola and Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marietou Niang ◽  
Sophie Dupéré ◽  
Hassane Alami ◽  
Marie-Pierre Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Specific Problem ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Health Innovations ◽  
Economic Paradigm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical Solutions

Health innovations are generally oriented on a techno-economic vision. In this perspective, technologies are seen as an end in themselves, and there is no arrangement between the technical and the social values of innovation. This vision prevails in sanitary crises, in which management is carried out based on the search for punctual, reactive, and technical solutions to remedy a specific problem without a systemic/holistic, sustainable, or proactive approach. This paper attempts to contribute to the literature on the epistemological orientation of innovations in the field of public health. Taking the Covid-19 and Ebola crises as examples, the primary objective is to show how innovation in health is oriented towards a techno-economic paradigm. Second, we propose a repositioning of public health innovation towards a social paradigm that will put more emphasis on the interaction between social and health dimensions in the perspective of social change.

26.C. Workshop: How to evaluate digital health: three examples based on the model of Continuous eHealth Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Health Innovations ◽  
Real Life Setting ◽  
Starting Point

Abstract Despite the common advantages of digital health, such as the increase of quality of care and the decrease in healthcare costs, the implementation of these innovations into public health are lacking. A positive impact in daily clinical practice is important for the successful implementation of digital health [1, 2]. Still it is difficult to assess the true impact of digital health in a real-life setting as proper evaluation studies are challenging [3-5]. Within a clinical setting the focus of these evaluations are mainly on clinical effectiveness or quality of care. But these kinds of evaluations are only feasible when the technology is mature and no further development is needed. This is also indicated by the most popular method for the evaluation of digital health, based on the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) model. This method, the Model for Assessment of Telemedicine (MAST) [6-8], is only applicable for fully mature technologies. Unfortunately, MAST does not specify when a technology is mature enough. Resulting in evaluations of immature technologies in clinical trials. In our opinion, the maturity of the technology can be assessed based on the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). With TRLs we can clearly communicate whether a technology, such as a digital health intervention, is ready for use in daily clinical practice. An understanding of both the performance and the intended use of the technology is required to establish TRL and should be the starting point for every evaluation. The objective of this workshop is to present our model for continuous eHealth evaluation [9] and to demonstrate it based on three evaluation studies of new developed digital health innovations for public health. All three innovations are still under development and have different TRLs. This will help other researchers to plan their evaluation studies with health technologies in an early phase of development. In our opinion the evaluation of digital health should be a continuous and iterative process, aligned to the progress in the development process itself. The presentations will each focus on the evaluation of a new digital innovation with real end-users and in a real-life setting. These evaluations are based on our model for continuous eHealth evaluation and will be presented as three separate cases. We will conduct a 60-minutes interactive workshop, which starts with an overview presentation (15 minutes) of our model for continuous eHealth evaluation. Next, three presentations (3x 10 minutes) on the evaluation of the three new digital health innovation will follow. The workshop ends with a plenary discussion (15 minutes) to discuss our view on the evaluation of digital health (model for continuous eHealth evaluation) and the development of the digital health innovations with the attendees. Key messages The evaluation of digital health is challenging but the maturity of the technology must be the starting point of every digital health evaluation. The evaluation of digital health should be a continuous and iterative process, aligned to the progress in the development process itself.

scholarly journals Protecting and Promoting Systems for Essential Health Services During Rollout of COVID-19 Tools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry A. Millington
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Health Innovations ◽  
One Year

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous negative impact on economies of most countries around the world. COVID-19 has disrupted the ability of health systems to deliver on essential health services and has also exposed pre-existing vulnerabilities and inequities in public health systems. According to a key informant survey conducted by WHO, over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there still exist substantial disruptions to essential health services. This rapid review examines evidence on successful interventions that could enable adaptive approaches to help manage and respond future pandemics and mitigate the risk of collapse of the public health systems. Countries must use the opportunity provided by the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines to strengthen health services and health systems and find long-lasting solutions for similar future challenges. The review notes that there still exist gaps in preparedness and response to the Covid-19 pandemic. New variants of concern threaten the effectiveness of existing COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine hesitancy slowing rollout, including in Africa, and interrupted and limited supply of COVID-19 tools. More funding is required though to scale up adaptive measures which are working, accelerating new approaches and innovations to improve service delivery. This review also highlights briefly the plight of marginalised social groups, people living with disabilities, women and children during the pandemic. According to estimates by Global Fund, Gavi, Global Financing Facility, access to life-saving health interventions for women, children and adolescents in 36 of the world’s poorest countries has dropped by as much as 25% due to COVID-19. Countries must build on the momentum of health innovations during the COVID-19 crisis to build more resilient health systems that can withstand disruptions by future pandemics.

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