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ArticleImplementation science : IS2021

Market viability: a neglected concept in implementation science.

Enola K Proctor, Emre Toker, Rachel Tabak, Virginia R McKay, Cole Hooley, Bradley Evanoff

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Article in Implementation science : IS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Enola K ProctorBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA. ekp@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5422-6003
Emre TokerWashington University Medical School in St. Louis and the University of Arizona, 1110 E. Campus Drive, P.O. Box 210033, Tucson, AZ, USA, 85721-0033.
Rachel TabakBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
Virginia R McKayBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
Cole HooleySchool of Social Work, Brigham Young University, 2166 JFSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
Bradley EvanoffDivision of General Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, 660 S. Euclid Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.

Funding

WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational SciencesUL1TR000448 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research P30DK092950 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Ross C Brownson, Debra Haire-Joshu · 2011 to 2026
$11.7M
GWB MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH TRAININGT32MH019960 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Leopoldo J Cabassa, Byron James Powell · 1995 to 2026
$11.1M
Educational Program to Improve Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking in Biomedical ResearchersR25GM116727 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIS, JESSE ALAN, KINCH, MICHAEL S. · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000448NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002345NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092950NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM116727NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019960
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This debate paper asserts that implementation science needs to incorporate a key concept from entrepreneurship-market demand-and demonstrates how assessing an innovation's potential market viability might advance the pace and success of innovation adoption and sustainment. We describe key concepts, language distinctions, and questions that entrepreneurs pose to implementation scientists-many of which implementation scientists appear ill-equipped to answer. The paper concludes with recommendations about how concepts from entrepreneurship, notably market viability assessment, can enhance the translation of research discoveries into real-world adoption, sustained use, and population health benefits. The paper further proposes activities that can advance implementation science's capacity to draw from the field of entrepreneurship, along with the data foundations required to assess and cultivate market demand.

Indexed as

EntrepreneurshipImplementation ScienceHumansAdoptionDemandEntrepreneurshipImplementation scienceMarketsScalabilitySustainment

Identifiers

PMID34801036
PMCPMC8605560

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