Identifying solutions promoting healthcare innovations during the Covid-19 pandemic
Raevuori, Hanna (2023)
2023
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Introduction: Given the limited healthcare resources, there are no simple solutions to address the growing demand for care. Therefore, all forms of innovation that contribute to enhancing healthcare systems are necessary. Healthcare innovation processes are typically costly and time-consuming, but the global Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that extraordinary circumstances can accelerate the development of healthcare innovations. The aim of this literature review is to identify the enabling factors of healthcare innovation during the pandemic.
Methods: Systematized literature review was chosen to conduct the research. The literature search was completed in three databases: CINAHL Complete (Ebsco), ProQuest Central and ScienceDirect. The research protocol followed the framework presented by Niela-Vilén and Kauhanen (2015).
Results: Twelve peer-reviewed research articles, published between 2020 and 2022, were included to the review. The inductive content analysis process induced three themes answering the research question. The themes describing the enabling factors of healthcare innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic were Broad collaboration, Supportive structures and policies as well as Utilizing the momentum.
Conclusion: Several enabling factors promoting healthcare innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic were identified in the review. The main findings indicate that healthcare innovation benefited from broad cross-sectoral collaboration around common goals, digitalization and the rapid adoption of new technology, flexibilities in regulations that allowed regional adaptations, creative repurposing and strong sense of duty among the healthcare professionals sparked by the exceptional circumstances that the pandemic created.
Recommendations for future research: Further research is needed to comprehend the interdependencies among the various factors that facilitated innovative activities, particularly those findings that presented contradictory elements, such as regional adaptations.
Methods: Systematized literature review was chosen to conduct the research. The literature search was completed in three databases: CINAHL Complete (Ebsco), ProQuest Central and ScienceDirect. The research protocol followed the framework presented by Niela-Vilén and Kauhanen (2015).
Results: Twelve peer-reviewed research articles, published between 2020 and 2022, were included to the review. The inductive content analysis process induced three themes answering the research question. The themes describing the enabling factors of healthcare innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic were Broad collaboration, Supportive structures and policies as well as Utilizing the momentum.
Conclusion: Several enabling factors promoting healthcare innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic were identified in the review. The main findings indicate that healthcare innovation benefited from broad cross-sectoral collaboration around common goals, digitalization and the rapid adoption of new technology, flexibilities in regulations that allowed regional adaptations, creative repurposing and strong sense of duty among the healthcare professionals sparked by the exceptional circumstances that the pandemic created.
Recommendations for future research: Further research is needed to comprehend the interdependencies among the various factors that facilitated innovative activities, particularly those findings that presented contradictory elements, such as regional adaptations.