Imperial College London
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ProfessorGeorgeHanna

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Head of Department of Surgery and Cancer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3396g.hanna

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Aoibheann Byrne +44 (0)20 7594 3396

 
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Location

 

Block B Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Borsci:2017:10.1080/17434440.2018.1418661,
author = {Borsci, S and Uchegbu, I and Buckle, P and Ni, Z and Walne, S and Hanna, GB},
doi = {10.1080/17434440.2018.1418661},
journal = {Expert Review of Medical Devices},
pages = {15--26},
title = {Designing medical technology for resilience: Integrating health economics and human factors approaches},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17434440.2018.1418661},
volume = {15},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - INTRODUCTION: The slow adoption of innovation into healthcare calls into question the manner of evidence generation for medical technology. This paper identifies potential reasons for this including a lack of attention to human factors, poor evaluation of economic benefits, lack of understanding of the existing healthcare system and a failure to recognise the need to generate resilient products. Areas covered. Recognising a cross-disciplinary need to enhance evidence generation early in a technology's life cycle, the present paper proposes a new approach that integrates human factors and health economic evaluation as part of a wider systems approach to the design of technology. This approach (Human and Economic Resilience Design for Medical Technology or HERD MedTech) supports early stages of product development and is based on the recent experiences of the National Institute for Health Research London Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative in the UK. Expert commentary. HERD MedTech i) proposes a shift from design for usability to design for resilience, ii) aspires to reduce the need for service adaptation to technological constraints iii) ensures value of innovation at the time of product development, and iv) aims to stimulate discussion around the integration of pre- and post-market methods of assessment of medical technology.
AU  - Borsci,S
AU  - Uchegbu,I
AU  - Buckle,P
AU  - Ni,Z
AU  - Walne,S
AU  - Hanna,GB
DO  - 10.1080/17434440.2018.1418661
EP  - 26
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1743-4440
SP  - 15
TI  - Designing medical technology for resilience: Integrating health economics and human factors approaches
T2  - Expert Review of Medical Devices
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17434440.2018.1418661
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/55493
VL  - 15
ER  -
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