Evaluating Health Technology Implementation and Adoption in Hospital Settings
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Digital Health Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health information technology; artificial intelligence; value-based care; clinical decision-making; healthcare policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) evaluates new health technologies from the perspective of a single hospital or healthcare unit to guide internal decision-making for adoption. This process plays a critical role in evidence-informed decision-making within healthcare institutions. As hospitals increasingly adopt innovative technologies to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency, the need for structured, context-specific evaluation frameworks becomes paramount.
Hospitals face significant challenges in assessing whether health technologies deliver measurable clinical benefit, integrate into existing workflows, support staff capabilities, and justify costs within their specific organizational contexts. Current evaluation practices remain inconsistent, and many institutions lack systematic frameworks to assess implementation requirements, organizational readiness, workforce effects, and long-term sustainability.
This Special Issue on "Evaluating Health Technology Implementation and Adoption in Hospital Settings" aims to establish current evidence on HB-HTA implementation strategies, evaluation methods, and policy implications. We welcome original research, case studies, and reviews examining clinical effectiveness of telehealth and digital health technologies, implementation requirements, organizational readiness, workforce readiness and training, economic impact, equity and access considerations, and sustainability strategies specific to hospital environments.
We look forward to receiving your contribution.
Prof. Dr. Hanadi Y. Hamadi
Dr. Aaron C. Spaulding
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hospital-based health technology assessment
- health technology
- technology implementation
- clinical effectiveness
- hospital administration
- artificial intelligence, economic evaluation
- equity and access
- new technologies
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