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.

In this article, we explore the perspectives of entrepreneurs producing innovation in health who have received support from incubators or accelerators. We examine how the benefits vary depending on when and how the responsible health entrepreneurs received this support.

In this article, we explore the role that healthcare and social service managers can play in developing innovation to address health system challenges. Using the Responsible Innovation in Health (RIH) framework, we analyze 37 interviews we conducted with Canadian and Brazilian innovators. We sought to identify how they implement inclusive design processes, what influences the responsiveness of their innovation to system challenges, and how they consider the level and intensity of care required by their innovation.

Lehoux, P., Silva, H. P., Rocha de Oliveira, R., Sabio, R. P., & Malas, K. (2021). Responsible innovation in health and health system sustainability: Insights from health innovators’ views and practices, Health Services Management Research.

In this paper, we describe the challenges faced by organizations implementing new business models to develop and disseminate responsible innovations. By documenting the entrepreneurial challenges of 16 Canadian and Brazilian organizations (for-profit and non-profit), we develop an empirical model that clarifies what it means to create economic, social and environmental value.