Imperial College London
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Mr Christos Kontovounisios

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

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+44 (0)20 3315 8529c.kontovounisios

 
 
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Chelsea and Westminster HospitalChelsea and Westminster Campus

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Publications

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@article{Tekkis:2022:10.3389/fsurg.2022.840595,
author = {Tekkis, NP and Richmond-Smith, R and Pellino, G and Kontovounisios, C},
doi = {10.3389/fsurg.2022.840595},
journal = {Frontiers in Surgery},
title = {Facilitating the adoption and evolution of digital technologies through re-conceptualization},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.840595},
volume = {9},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: The NHS has been making steps toward greater efficiency and cutting costs to maintain quality of care despite constraints, but without innovation the NHS will not be able to meet its increasing financial demands. The purpose of this article is to analyse a single potentially transformative technology's path of adoption in the NHS [3D printing (3DP)].Methods: Analysis of 3DP and its current value propositions. Re-conceptualization of the technology to gain insights into these value propositions and identify the capabilities it may provide. Analysis of previous business models to identify where this value is not fully captured and development of a new business model, followed by exploration of benefits and potential limitations of this new model.Results: 3D printing applications can be broadly categorized into anatomical modeling, implants, and tools. Conceptualizing 3D imaging using the layered architecture model suggests the potential of 3DP to evolve the current imaging and modeling infrastructure of the NHS, and as such should be adopted to facilitate this potential.Conclusion: 3D printing is an innovation with large potential for generativity, and it is important that it is integrated at a level that could both stimulate and communicate its benefits. Re-conceptualization identified a backbone within the NHS that could facilitate it as a point of entry, and the most successful installations have been through this channel. However, progress on the frontier is currently limited by both physical and organizational boundaries, the resolution of which is paramount for the current and future success of this technology.
AU  - Tekkis,NP
AU  - Richmond-Smith,R
AU  - Pellino,G
AU  - Kontovounisios,C
DO  - 10.3389/fsurg.2022.840595
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2296-875X
TI  - Facilitating the adoption and evolution of digital technologies through re-conceptualization
T2  - Frontiers in Surgery
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.840595
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000772533900001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.840595/full
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/94347
VL  - 9
ER  -
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