Criteria to define innovation in the field of medical devices: a Delphi approach
Abstract: Defining innovation in the field of medical devices can be extremely challenging due to the peculiarity of the products within this class. Short life-cycle, incrementality, learning curve effect, impact of the organizational setting, uncertainty of effect and level of evidence are only some of these aspects. A clear set of criteria to define innovation would be of paramount relevance in this field. Twelve criteria to define innovation were proposed to a multistakeholder panel within a consensus process. A Delphi method on two rounds was used to reach consensus. In total, 53 of the 93 (47%) invited panelists responded to the first round of the survey. Among them, 51 (96%) completed also the second round. At the first round, consensus was reached for four of the 12 proposed criteria. Three of the remaining eight criteria reached consensus at the second round. It was not possible to reach consensus for the remaining five criteria. The criteria that collected the highest scores (close...
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Criteria to define innovation in the field of medical devices: a Delphi approach ; volume:18 ; day:28 ; month:02 ; year:2024
GMS health innovation and technologies ; 18 (28.02.2024)
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Medizin, Gesundheit
- Creator
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D'Angela, Daniela
Migliore, Antonio
Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea, Iñaki
Polistena, Barbara
Spandonaro, Federico
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10.3205/hta000138
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urn:nbn:de:0183-hta0001389
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:51 AM CEST
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- D'Angela, Daniela
- Migliore, Antonio
- Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea, Iñaki
- Polistena, Barbara
- Spandonaro, Federico