Resources
Key methodological publications
Scholte M, Woudstra K, Grutters JPC, Hannink G, Tummers M, Reuzel RPB, Rovers MM. Towards early and broad evaluation of innovative surgical devices: integrating evidence synthesis, stakeholder involvement, and health economic modeling into the clinical research stages of the IDEAL framework. BMJ Surg Interv Health Technol. 2022.
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Grutters JPC, Govers T, Nijboer J, Tummers M, van der Wilt GJ, Rovers MM. Problems and Promises of Health Technologies: The Role of Early Health Economic Modeling. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2019
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Grutters JPC, Govers TM, Nijboer J, Tummers M, van der Wilt GJ, Rovers MM. Exploratory, Participatory and Iterative Assessment of Value: A Response to Recent Commentaries. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2021
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Tummers M, Kværner K, Sampietro-Colom L, Siebert M, Krahn M, Melien Ø, Hamerlijnck D, Abrishami P, Grutters J. On the integration of early health technology assessment in the innovation process: reflections from five stakeholders. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2020
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Grutters JPC, Kluytmans A, van der Wilt GJ, Tummers M. Methods for Early Assessment of the Societal Value of Health Technologies: A Scoping Review and Proposal for Classification. Value Health. 2022
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Theses

Exploring the value of innovations: methods for early health economic modelling in surgical innovation
Thesis by Mirre Scholte.

Stakeholder involvement in surgical innovation: Everybody's devices
On Thursday 29 February 2024, Kas Woudstra will defend his thesis. The ceremony is open for the public.
Publications applying our methods
Care Pathway Analysis to Inform the Earliest Stages of Technology Development: Scoping Oncological Indications in Need of Innovation
Extent and consequences of lymphadenectomy in oesophageal cancer surgery: case vignette survey
de Gouw DJ, Scholte M, Gisbertz SS, Wijnhoven BPL, Rovers MM, Klarenbeek BR, Rosman C.
Selecting esophageal cancer patients for lymphadenectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a modeling study
Scholte M, de Gouw DJ, Klarenbeek BR, Grutters JP, Rosman C, Rovers MM.
Innovators' views on involving users and patients in surgical device development: a qualitative interview study
Woudstra K, Tummers M, Rovers MM, Reuzel R.
Introduction of Minimally Invasive transCervical oEsophagectomy (MICE) according to the IDEAL framework
Klarenbeek BR, Fujiwara H, Scholte M, Rovers M, Shiozaki A, Rosman C.
Identifying the Conditions for Cost-Effective Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery in Spontaneous Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Schreuder FHBM, Scholte M, Ulehake MJ, Sondag L, Rovers MM, Dammers R, Klijn CJM, Grutters JPC.
Other resources
Health Innovation Netherlands (HI-NL) is a multi-stakeholder infrastructure via which patients, healthcare providers, methodologists, CE-experts, entrepreneurs, insurers, investors, and regulatory authorities can contribute to bringing better medical devices to users faster.
For more information, please click here to visit the HI-NL website.
The IDEAL Framework describes the stages through which surgical therapy innovation normally passes, describing the characteristics of each of five stages: Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment and Long-term follow-up.
Click here to visit the IDEAL framework website.