Navigating the technological landscape in hospitals: A taxonomy of scanning and assessment integration types anchored in innovation orientation and specialization of care
本文构建了基于创新导向和护理专业化的医院技术扫描与评估分类法，识别了不同医院类型的技术策略差异，为创新管理者和政策制定者提供实践指导。
Hospitals navigate a dynamic technological terrain, demanding adept scanning and assessment practices for emerging technologies. Hospitals' innovation managers lack clear guidance for designing scanning and assessment practices aligned with their strategic orientation. This paper addresses this gap constructing three intertwined theoretical frameworks characterizing hospital technology scanning and technology assessment types and the logical and temporal integration between them, based on their strategic orientations. Our taxonomy, rooted in innovation orientation and specialization of care, identified as paramount factors distinguishing hospital types regarding technological innovation, aims to provide a nuanced understanding about the latter. These factors influence scanning via the technology focus and process diffusion and impact assessment through technology readiness level and degree of diffusion in practices. Additionally, we identify criteria for technology assessment across hospital types and we depict how technology scanning and assessment are integrated in the different cases. This paper contributes to theory and practice. It provides innovation scholars with a theoretical foundation for designing empirical investigations. Simultaneously, hospitals' innovation managers and policymakers gain valuable insights to implement effective initiatives and policies. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this work fosters a more engaging and actionable discourse on the intersection of hospital strategy and technological innovation. • Innovation orientation and specialization of care shape hospitals technology strategy. • Technology focus and level diffusion of the practices influence technology scanning. • Technology readiness level and process diffusion affect technology assessment. • Different scanning and assessment types lead to different forms of integration.