RT Journal Article
T1 ITEMAS ontology for healthcare technology innovation
A1 Moreno-Conde, A.
A1 Parra-Calderón, Carlos Luis
A1 Sánchez-Seda, S.
A1 Escobar-Rodríguez, G. A.
A1 López-Otero, M.
A1 Cussó, L.
A1 del-Cerro-García, R.
A1 Segura-Sánchez, M.
A1 Herrero-Urigüen, L.
A1 Martí-Ras, N.
A1 Albertí-Ibarz, M.
A1 Desco, M.
K1 Ontology
K1 Innovation management
K1 Medical technology
K1 Healthcare
K1 Indicators
K1 Health sciences, technology, and innovation management
K1 Gestión de ciencia, tecnología e innovación en salud
K1 Biomedical technology
K1 Biotecnología médica
K1 Health services research
K1 Investigación sobre servicios de salud
K1 Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators
K1 Indicadores de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
K1 Spain
K1 España
AB Background: The Platform for Innovation in Medical and Health Technologies (ITEMAS) is a network of 66 healthcare centres focused on fostering innovation in medical and health technologies as an essential tool for increasing the sustainability of the Spanish healthcare system. The present research is focused on defining a formal representation that details the most relevant concepts associated with the creation and adoption of innovative medical technology in the Spanish healthcare system.Methods: The methodology applied is based on the methontology process, including peer-review identification and selection of concepts from the ITEMAS innovation indicators and innovation management system standards. This stage was followed by an iterative validation process. Concepts were then conceptualised, formalised and implemented in an ontology.Results: The ontology defined describes how relationships between employees, organisations, projects and ideas can be applied to generate results that are transferrable to the market, general public and scientific forums. Overall, we identified 136 concepts, 138 object properties and 30 properties in a five-level hierarchy. The ontology was tested and validated as an appropriate framework for calculating the ITEMAS innovation indicators.Conclusions: The consensus concepts were expressed in the form of an ontology to be used as a single communication format between the members of the ITEMAS network. Healthcare centres can compare their innovation results and obtain a better understanding of their innovation context based on the reasoning techniques of artificial intelligence. As a result, they can benefit from advanced analytical capabilities to define the most appropriate innovation policies for each centre based on the common experience of the large number of healthcare centres involved. The results can be used to create a map of agents and knowledge to show capabilities, projects and services provided by each of the participating centres. The ontology could also be applied as an instrument to match needs with existing projects and capabilities from the community of organisations working in healthcare technology innovation.
PB BioMed Central Ltd.
YR 2019
FD 2019-05-02
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3180
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3180
LA en
NO Moreno-Conde A, Parra-Calderón CL, Sánchez-Seda S, Escobar-Rodríguez GA, López-Otero M, Cussó L, et al. ITEMAS ontology for healthcare technology innovation. Health Res Policy Syst. 2019 May 2;17(1):47.
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