Great assessment of the need to understand the problem and the limitations of the “build it and they will come” approach.
The problem is …there are so many problems - for the patients, and the multiple layers of the health workforce. Even grasping the problem space is hard…but its better to start than not.
Sorry, it’s Monday morning… 
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I think the article speaks to the value proposition of including frontline service providers in developing solutions - as well as the public and patients as this should help ensure problems are actually solved.
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Have you seen this approach in the UK’s NHS? https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/innovation/clinical-entrepreneur/ This and the ‘Test Beds’ concept look interesting as a way of attracting stakeholders into the health system.
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Sounds interesting - fits nicely with our health tech literacy and network building in our workplan that @eduddy is leading.
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