Academia Medicine and Health
Permeability to value in healthcare innovation procurements: a framework for design and assessment
Introduction: To address emerging health system needs that existing solutions fail to meet, public administrations must foster the development, implementation, adoption, and scaling of new goods and services. Innovation procurement allows the public sector to act as a promoter of research and development aimed at creating appropriate solutions to identified needs through pre-commercial procurement (PCP) or as an early adopter of innovative solutions and services that are not yet widely available commercially while …