Facilitating the implementation of clinical technology in healthcare: what role does a national agency play?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accelerating the implementation of new technology in healthcare is typically complex and multi-faceted. One strategy is to charge a national agency with the responsibility for facilitating implementation. This study examines the role of such an agency in the English National Health Service. In particular, it compares two different facilitation strategies employed by the agency to support the implementation of insulin pump therapy.

Methods

The research involved an empirical case study of four healthcare organisations receiving different levels of facilitation from the national agency: two received active hands-on facilitation; one was the intended recipient of a more passive, web-based facilitation strategy; the other implemented the technology without any external

SUBMITTER: Harvey G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944036 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature