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Health Technology Innovations
Definition
Health Technology Innovations is the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives. Scholarship in this area is related to the process of innovating in the health technology field, as well as issues including perceived barriers, training programs, ethics, and safety. In addition, it includes examination of that new approaches, techniques, procedures, and outcomes, and focuses on cost-effectiveness and economic impact of health technologies.
Source: WHO
Resources
Resources specific to scholarship in Health Technology Innovations at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh are listed below:
- Pitt Department of Biomedical Informatics
- Pitt School of Computing and Information
- Unified Fellows Course
Important Journals and Conferences
This information can be subspecialty specific. Please discuss with your research mentor(s) regarding which journals and conferences are most suitable to promote your scholarship in medical education.
Grants and Fellowships
Please see our Grants & Fellowships page for this information, as well as University of Pittsburgh and external grants open to most areas of scholarship. Additionally, consider society and foundation grants.
Many fellows interested in pursuing basic science research should consider applying for NIH grants to support their fellowship years or beyond fellowship.
Recent Fellow Projects
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Faculty Researchers
Please work with your fellowship program directors and Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA, FAAP, Division Director of Health Informatics, to identify potential research mentors.