Computer Sciences Department, Research Institute for Educational Sciences, GRIAL Research Group, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
J Med Syst. 2019 Mar 14;43(4):100. doi: 10.1007/s10916-019-1241-5.
The European Union has a substantial investment in research and development and demand side-measures in the health sector in order to promote new initiatives, prevent disease and foster healthy lifestyles. In particular, the European Commission and other European entities have funded research projects focused on the use of technology in the health sector. In this context, health research initiatives have evolved from user-centred monolithic solutions into collaborative partnerships of different stakeholders that gather around different technological platforms. In order to identify the lacks and opportunities in this area, a systematic mapping study was conducted with the aim of identifying and analysing the recent research projects developed in Europe related to technological ecosystems in the health sector. The study covered closed European research projects from 2003 to 2018. This paper aims to extend that systematic mapping study through ongoing research projects. The analysis of these research projects provides an overview of the current trends and identify the lacks and opportunities to define new advances in this research area. Moreover, the comparison between the first mapping study focused on closed projects, and the current study, allows getting an overview of the evolution of technological ecosystems in the health sector.
欧盟在医疗领域进行了大量的研究和开发工作，并采取了需求方措施，以促进新的举措、预防疾病和培养健康的生活方式。特别是，欧盟委员会和其他欧洲实体资助了一些专注于在医疗领域使用技术的研究项目。在这种背景下，医疗研究倡议已经从以用户为中心的单一解决方案发展为不同利益相关者围绕不同技术平台聚集的合作伙伴关系。为了确定该领域的不足和机会，开展了一项系统的制图研究，旨在识别和分析欧洲近年来在医疗技术生态系统方面开展的相关研究项目。该研究涵盖了 2003 年至 2018 年期间的封闭欧洲研究项目。本文旨在通过正在进行的研究项目来扩展该系统的映射研究。对这些研究项目的分析提供了当前趋势的概述，并确定了在该研究领域定义新进展的不足和机会。此外，对最初重点关注封闭项目的映射研究和当前研究的比较，使我们能够全面了解医疗技术生态系统的发展演变。
