Toward the sustainability of health care innovations to "transform our world": current status and the road ahead.
Inadequate sustainability of health care innovations or evidence-based interventions has led to calls from policymakers, researchers, and funders for research on how sustainability can be optimized to avoid research waste. In this discussion paper, we argue that research on health care innovation su...
| Published in: | JBI Evidence Implementation Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 202 - 223 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jan2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191017478&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191017478 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 26913321 MO0F jtl: JBI Evidence Implementation issn: 26913321 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2026 vid: 24 iid: 1 pid: 433 pub: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins place: Baltimore, Maryland artinfo: ui: 191017478 191017478 191017478 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000496 191017478 ppf: 202 ppct: 21 formats: tig: atl: Toward the sustainability of health care innovations to "transform our world": current status and the road ahead. aug: au: Chicoine, Gabrielle Straus, Sharon E. affil: Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada sug: subj: Technology, Medical Diffusion of Innovation Organizational Efficiency Sustainable Growth Research, Medical Professional Practice, Research-Based Implementation Science Models, Theoretical Research Priorities ab: Inadequate sustainability of health care innovations or evidence-based interventions has led to calls from policymakers, researchers, and funders for research on how sustainability can be optimized to avoid research waste. In this discussion paper, we argue that research on health care innovation sustainability needs to be advanced. We critically examine the literature on the concept of sustainability and propose that research should address the fundamental question: How can we advance knowledge on health care innovation sustainability? We provide examples of important work undertaken in the field of implementation science, including definitions and conceptualizations of sustainability. We also highlight theories, models, and frameworks that have been proposed to inform sustainability research and guide how to plan for sustainability. Our analysis of the literature reveals a growing interest in the sustainability of health care innovations but also confirms that implementation science has yet to put sustainability at the center of its research endeavors. To assist this shift, we identify priority research gaps and use the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a road map for an implementation science research agenda to drive health care innovation sustainability. We propose three new research directions that, overall, aim for "better health for all, leaving no one behind." These directions include: (1) advancing substantive research on sustainability while avoiding duplication; (2) identifying barriers, facilitators, and strategies to sustain engagement with multiple partners; and (3) advancing methods and tools to support monitoring, evaluation, and revision of strategies over time. http://links.lww.com/IJEBH/A323 pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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