TY - GEN
T1 - Agile co-development for clinical adoption and adaptation of innovative technologies
AU - Kannan, Vaishnavi
AU - Basit, Mujeeb A.
AU - Youngblood, Josh E.
AU - Bryson, Trenton D.
AU - Toomay, Seth M.
AU - Fish, Jason S.
AU - Willett, Duwayne L.
N1 - Funding Information:
*Research supported by NIH Grant: 5UL1TR001105-05 UT South-western Center for Translational Medicine All authors are with University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 USA (corresponding author phone: 214-648-1303; fax: 214-648-1033; e-mail: Vaishnavi.Kannan@UTSouthwestern.edu).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/19
Y1 - 2017/12/19
N2 - Even the most innovative healthcare technologies provide patient benefits only when adopted by clinicians and/or patients in actual practice. Yet realizing optimal positive impact from a new technology for the widest range of individuals who would benefit remains elusive. In software and new product development, iterative rapid-cycle 'agile' methods more rapidly provide value, mitigate failure risks, and adapt to customer feedback. Co-development between builders and customers is a key agile principle. But how does one accomplish co-development with busy clinicians? In this paper, we discuss four practical agile co-development practices found helpful clinically: (1) User stories for lightweight requirements; (2) Time-boxed development for collaborative design and prompt course correction; (3) Automated acceptance test driven development, with clinician-vetted specifications; and (4) Monitoring of clinician interactions after release, for rapid-cycle product adaptation and evolution. In the coming wave of innovation in healthcare apps ushered in by open APIs to EHRs, learning rapidly what new product features work well for clinicians and patients will become even more crucial.
AB - Even the most innovative healthcare technologies provide patient benefits only when adopted by clinicians and/or patients in actual practice. Yet realizing optimal positive impact from a new technology for the widest range of individuals who would benefit remains elusive. In software and new product development, iterative rapid-cycle 'agile' methods more rapidly provide value, mitigate failure risks, and adapt to customer feedback. Co-development between builders and customers is a key agile principle. But how does one accomplish co-development with busy clinicians? In this paper, we discuss four practical agile co-development practices found helpful clinically: (1) User stories for lightweight requirements; (2) Time-boxed development for collaborative design and prompt course correction; (3) Automated acceptance test driven development, with clinician-vetted specifications; and (4) Monitoring of clinician interactions after release, for rapid-cycle product adaptation and evolution. In the coming wave of innovation in healthcare apps ushered in by open APIs to EHRs, learning rapidly what new product features work well for clinicians and patients will become even more crucial.
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U2 - 10.1109/HIC.2017.8227583
DO - 10.1109/HIC.2017.8227583
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 30364762
AN - SCOPUS:85048507680
T3 - 2017 IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies, HI-POCT 2017
SP - 56
EP - 59
BT - 2017 IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies, HI-POCT 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies, HI-POCT 2017
Y2 - 6 November 2017 through 8 November 2017
ER -