In a new blog post, DepSecHargan writes about how HHS and FasterCures are working to accelerate innovation by growing our understanding of the speed and efficiency of the innovation system.
Edison’s famous quote that genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration isn’t just true for light bulbs. It’s also true for the world of healthcare. At HHS we aren’t just trying to replicate Edison’s systematic approach to invention, but also figure out how the system of bio-medical innovation, both incremental and disruptive works.
In 2017, HHS embarked on a mission to “reimagine” how the department works and to identify opportunities for improving how we fulfill our public health mission. The people of the Accelerate Clinical Innovation initiative, a component of this “ReImagine HHS” effort, are working on ways to move new health technologies more efficiently from early ideas to widespread patient access, while maintaining critical standards for public health and product safety.
The first task of ACI was to better understand the “Innovators’ Path” through journey mapping exercises, relying on the stakeholders’ perspectives. We learned that incremental innovation in medicine follows a well-described path and result in worthy and important achievements over time. However, disruptive innovation that fundamentally changes care, is a more complex system that is difficult to navigate, especially for seasoned professionals within large organizations with ample resources.
We will also identify areas where innovation efforts should be focused. ACI and FasterCures are working to develop an analytical landscape model to identify priorities for innovation investment based on 1) the expected public health impact of improvements to treatment; 2) the current cost of treatment to the healthcare system, and 3) whether current innovation in this treatment area appears unusually slow.
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