From Research to Real World: Dr. Mary Brindle on Surgical Innovation
At a glance
Introduces the Living Lab approach, where healthcare innovations are tested in real-world clinical and community settings to better understand how they actually function in practice.
Emphasizes that real-world testing reveals gaps such as workflow challenges, user adoption issues, and unintended consequences, that aren’t visible in lab-based or simulated environments.
Highlights the role of simulation and collaboration in bridging research and implementation, helping innovations evolve so they can succeed at scale in healthcare systems.
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Over the next several months, A-MEDICO and Health Everywhere are sponsoring a special series of episodes on the Advancing Healthcare Through Simulation podcast created by NAIT's Centre fo Advanced Medical Simulation!
On the first episode, Health Everywhere Hub Project Lead, Mary Brindle, joins host Lisa George to dive into the concept of the Living Lab in health care, and why testing innovation in real clinical and community settings matters so much. Rather than relying only on tightly controlled pilots, Living Labs allow teams to understand how technologies actually fit into workflows, how they are adopted by users, and where they need to change before they can succeed at scale.
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