This perspective discusses the extent to which virtual care offered in the context of COVID-19 followed the “Inverse Care Law.” The latter stipulates that the availability and quality of health care is inversely proportionate to the level of population health needs.

Alami, H., Lehoux, P., Shaw, S. E., Papoutsi, C., Rybczynska-Bunt, S., & Fortin, J. P. (2022). Virtual Care and the Inverse Care Law: Implications for Policy, Practice, Research, Public and Patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 10591.

This scoping review was written for policymakers. Focusing on tools developed since 2015 to support responsibility in digital solutions that operate with or without artificial intelligence (D/AI), its asks: 1) what kinds of practice-oriented tools are available?; 2) on what principles do they predominantly rely?; and 3) what are their limitations? Despite a lack of consensus, policymakers can consolidate their role in this dynamic field.

Lehoux, P., Rivard, L., de Oliveira, R. R., Mörch, C. M., & Alami, H. (2022). Tools to foster responsibility in digital solutions that operate with or without artificial intelligence: A scoping review for health and innovation policymakers. International Journal of Medical Informatics.

The answer in Portuguese by Hudson Silva!

Intended for the general public, this post (in Portuguese) by Hudson Silva asks “What innovations does the Brazilian health system need?” The author underscores that Responsible Innovation in Health helps identify how an innovation responds to important health challenges while taking the needs of the population and the health system as well as their economic and environmental impacts into account.

Silva, H. (2022). De quais inovações o sistema de saúde brasileiro necessita? Ciência Hoje. Setembro 2022 (CH 391).

Written for innovators and entrepreneurs, this ‘how to’ book clarifies the steps leading to the design of responsible innovations in health and to an organization that creates more value for society. It is downloadable through our own website.

Lehoux, P., Rivard, L. et Silva, H.P. (2022). Responsible Innovation in Health. Concepts and tools for sustainable impact. Springer Nature.

Through a multiple case study involving 30 organizations in the province of Québec (Canada) and in the state of São Paulo (Brazil), this paper identifies the contextual dimensions that both contribute to and constrain the emergence of responsibility in food systems. The findings can inform research and policy aiming to design institutional environments that promote a transition towards more responsible food systems.

Pozelli Sabio, R., Lehoux, P. (2022). How does context contribute to and constrain the emergence of responsible innovation in food systems? Results from a multiple case study. Sustainability. 14(13), 7776.