Investigating the relationships between health and innovation systems to guide innovation adoption

Without good implementation practices, health research and health innovations do not readily translate to enhanced health outcomes. The literature on technology management and healthcare has shown that, despite the numerous resources that are expended on creating innovative healthcare solutions, the management of the innovative technologies often results in these solutions not being implemented into the healthcare system where and when they are needed. In this paper, the complex interactions and relationships between a system of innovation and a healthcare system are uncovered, in the context of low- and middle-income (resource constrained) countries. Specifically, this paper investigates how the relationship between these two systems contribute to the successful adoption of technological innovations into the healthcare system.This paper contributes to knowledge on the management and improvement of healthcare innovation adoption in low- and middle- income countries. The research promotes greater access to healthcare innovations in attempts to encourage health equity and to improve the performance of countries' health systems.