The Sandbox Approach and its Potential for Use in Health Technology Assessment: A Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The concept of the regulatory sandbox-a safe space for testing new regulatory processes-was first used within the financial technologies (FinTech) sector, but has since expanded into other sectors, including healthcare.

Objectives

This review aims to describe the extent of use of sandboxes in healthcare and assess the potential for the sandbox approach to be used to test and develop emerging health technology assessment (HTA) methods, policies and processes for innovative technologies.

Methods

A systematic literature review was undertaken to identify published papers and reports that described and/or assessed the use of sandboxes in the healthcare sector. Searches were conducted in Medline, Embase, Econlit, Social Policy and Practice, and Health Management

SUBMITTER: Leckenby E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8545721 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature