A modified stakeholder participation assessment framework for design thinking in health innovation

Publication date: Available online 28 June 2018Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Sharief Hendricks, Nailah Conrad, Tania S. Douglas, Tinashe MutsvangwaAbstractIncreasing pressure to improve health outcomes of populations with limited resources has prompted an emphasis on innovation. Design thinking has been proposed as a systematic approach to innovation in health, owing to its human-centred methodology that prioritises deep empathy for the end-users’ desires, needs and challenges, which results in a better understanding of the problem in order to develop more comprehensive and effective solutions. A key feature of design thinking is stakeholder participation. If design thinking is going to be used as an approach to design and implement effective, equitable and sustainable health solutions, assessing stakeholder participation should be integrated into the process. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to i) provide an analysis of the literature on assessing stakeholder participation in health and ii) propose a framework based on the literature analysis that can be used to assess stakeholder participation during the design thinking process in health innovation. Drawing from participatory research in health, where stakeholder participation is recognised as a core principle that facilitates the implementation of solutions, we integrate stakeholder evaluation tools into the design thinking approach. We draw on an assessment framework that describes levels of stakeholder participa...
Source: Healthcare - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research