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What are the barriers to Innovation in Healthcare?

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  • Duration: 2 mins
  • Publication date: 09 Apr 2019

Abstract

Bringing a new medical product to market can be a challenging process for some innovators, who may face numerous obstacles when seeking to get their technology adopted. Long lead times, the changing needs of users and strict regulation are just some examples of the barriers they can expect to face, which they need to be aware of before setting out on their journey.  We spoke to several experts from UK academic institutions, who offered their thoughts on why some companies struggle to get their innovation into the healthcare system.

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  • Brain Scan
  • Brain Surgery
  • CT
  • Cancer Treatment
  • Healthcare
  • Hospital Technology
  • Innovation in Healthcare
  • Latest Medical
  • MRI
  • Medical
  • Medical Science
  • Meditech
  • NHS
  • NHS Innovation
  • NHS Technology
  • NHS funding
  • New Medical
  • New Science
  • Science and Technology
  • Vaccination
  • X-Ray

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    Dr Sean Clarkson

    University of Leeds

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    Dr Clare Martin

    Oxford Brookes University

  • Professor Tom Jefferies

    Professor Tom Jefferies

    Manchester School of Architecture, Head of Manchester School of Architecture, UK

    Professor Tom Jefferies is a fully qualified architect, prizewinning urban designer and Head of Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) msa.ac.uk. MSA is a large, diverse School students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urbanism. Currently ranked in the global top 10 by subject it operates within both Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester. Tom’s work connects academic and professional activity to develop new relationships between architecture, culture, space, landscape, heritage, sustainability, technology and health. He is interested in scale and the possibilities of trans-disciplinary collaboration that respects the importance of disciplinary identity. Tom’s research explores themes around understanding the limits of the contemporary city, for example, how do citizens use and define space? What are the forms, functions and possibilities of the physical, spatial and digital infrastructures and architectures that support urban activity? What is a SMART city and how does this support healthy communities? Tom co-leads the Infrastructure Space research atelier at MSA. Our projects map the functionality, productivity and capacity of infrastructures to understand how these interact with the demands of society. Critical representation of the interaction of use, need, material and immaterial (digital and organisational) infrastructures, helps reveal latent and potential cultural and societal opportunities for communities and the spatial forms needed to support them.
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    Dr Shirin Enshaeifar

    University of Surrey

    Dr. Shirin Enshaeifar is a Research Fellow in healthcare informatics and the deputy technical lead of the Technology Integrated Health Management (TIHM) project in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Surrey. She completed her PhD degree in biomedical signal processing and her MSc studies in medical imaging at the University of Surrey, in 2016 and 2013, respectively. Shirin’s research expertise include biomedical signal processing, machine learning and data analysis with application in technology-enabled health/care services and the Internet of Things (IoT).
  • Professor Tom Jefferies

    Professor Tom Jefferies

    Manchester School of Architecture, Head of Manchester School of Architecture, UK

    Professor Tom Jefferies is a fully qualified architect, prizewinning urban designer and Head of Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) msa.ac.uk. MSA is a large, diverse School students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urbanism. Currently ranked in the global top 10 by subject it operates within both Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester. Tom’s work connects academic and professional activity to develop new relationships between architecture, culture, space, landscape, heritage, sustainability, technology and health. He is interested in scale and the possibilities of trans-disciplinary collaboration that respects the importance of disciplinary identity. Tom’s research explores themes around understanding the limits of the contemporary city, for example, how do citizens use and define space? What are the forms, functions and possibilities of the physical, spatial and digital infrastructures and architectures that support urban activity? What is a SMART city and how does this support healthy communities? Tom co-leads the Infrastructure Space research atelier at MSA. Our projects map the functionality, productivity and capacity of infrastructures to understand how these interact with the demands of society. Critical representation of the interaction of use, need, material and immaterial (digital and organisational) infrastructures, helps reveal latent and potential cultural and societal opportunities for communities and the spatial forms needed to support them.
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