Starting with the End in Mind by Developing Diagnostics around User Needs:

As discussed in this chapter, the commercialization and adoption bottlenecks for these moderately complex diagnostics cannot be overcome bytechnological innovation alone, particularly in the highly regulated andpayer-limited healthcare and public health markets. Diagnostics, unlikeother clinical pro...

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Main Author: David Lim, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2017
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:As discussed in this chapter, the commercialization and adoption bottlenecks for these moderately complex diagnostics cannot be overcome bytechnological innovation alone, particularly in the highly regulated andpayer-limited healthcare and public health markets. Diagnostics, unlikeother clinical products, is not an intervention but a decision-aid that guidesthe use (or nonuse) of an intervention. It is important that the value propositionfor any technology-centric innovation in diagnostics include a stronglink to a gained efficiency in making a specific decision. Any assay developedwithout context to the system, users, decision points, and downstreaminterventions resembles one that is more targeted to the research community,rather than clinical care or public health
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781498772938