A Framework for Social Needs-Based Medical Biodesign Innovation

Abstract

In a recent survey, 38% of U.S. health care system CEOs reported no digital components in their strategic plan,20 suggesting a need for increased health technology innovation. This manuscript serves as a call-to-action for the adoption of social needs-based innovation biodesign in medical centers. Our findings suggest that innovators can focus on identifying unmet clinical needs in marginalized populations, followed by employing our social needs-based biodesign framework to develop a user- and stakeholdercentered product. Furthermore, ducating physicians about SDoH is key for improving awareness about unmet SDoH needs and gaining novel perspectives for innovation.21.