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[EN] This paper explores the role of researchers as innovation drivers in the public healthcare sector. Using the Triple Helix model as a framework for the analysis of the role of public hospitals in knowledge generation and innovation processes, we discuss their role in innovation and in economic and social development, and identify this role as a ‘fourth mission’ of hospitals in addition to their widely recognized threefold function of healthcare provision, education and research. We discuss the evolution of hospital administration from healthcare towards the ‘entrepreneurial hospital’ model. More specifically, our purpose is to investigate the extent to which the incorporation of full-time researchers can help to foster innovation at research and healthcare centres affiliated with the Spanish National Health System. Data were obtained through a survey of researchers, research group leaders and heads of departments and centres where these researchers worked, as well as through content analysis of researchers’ annual reports
[ES] Se estudia el papel de los investigadores como promotores de la innovación en el sector sanitario público. Utilizando el modelo de la Triple Hélice para el estudio del papel de los hospitales en los procesos de innovación, se discute su papel en la innovación y el desarrollo económico y social, identificándolo como la ‘cuarta misión’ de los hospitales públicos, adicional a su triple misión asistencial, docente e investigadora. Este enfoque aboga por una evolución desde el modelo asistencial tradicional hacia el modelo del ‘hospital emprendedor’. Más específicamente, el objetivo de este estudio es investigar en qué medida la incorporación de investigadores contribuye a fomentar la innovación en los centros del Sistema Nacional de Salud español. Los datos proceden de sendas encuestas a los investigadores y a los responsables de los grupos y de los distintos departamentos y centros a los que éstos se incorporaron, así como del análisis de contenido de sus informes anuales.
Estudio financiado por el Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (Proyectos de investigación PI10/00462 y PI06/0983)
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Public healthcare sector, Investigadores, Hospitals, Sector sanitario público, Innovación en salud, R&D&I programme evaluation, Investigación biomédica, Evaluación de programas de I+D+i, Biomedical research, Health innovation, Hospitales, Full-time researchers
Public healthcare sector, Investigadores, Hospitals, Sector sanitario público, Innovación en salud, R&D&I programme evaluation, Investigación biomédica, Evaluación de programas de I+D+i, Biomedical research, Health innovation, Hospitales, Full-time researchers
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