Decision making for early surgical technology adoption into Canada's healthcare system: a scoping review of the decision-making criteria, challenges, and opportunities.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In 2020, Canada spent 12.9 percent of its GDP on healthcare, of which 3 percent was on medical devices. Early adoption of innovative surgical devices is mostly driven by physicians and delaying adoption can deprive patients of important medical treatments. This study aimed to identify the criteria in Canada used to decide on the adoption of a surgical device and identify challenges and opportunities.

Methods

This scoping review was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis and PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines. The search strategy included Canada's provinces, different surgical fields, and adoption. Embase, Medline, and provincial databases were searched. Grey literature was also searched. Data were analyzed by reporting the criteria that w

SUBMITTER: Shoman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11569962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature