SHINE AWARD
The Health Foundation’s model of innovation
Our working definition of innovation is:
‘[T]he creation and implementation of new processes, products, services and methods of
delivery, which result in significant improvements in outcomes, efficiency, effectiveness or
quality’
(Mulgan G and Albury D (2003). Innovations in the public sector. London: Cabinet Office)
The scope of Shine awards will be innovations that fall within levels 1 to 3 of our model of
innovation.
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Level 1 innovations are those approaches which have no previous history in any
context – they are genuinely novel.
Level 2 innovations are based around the transfer into healthcare of an approach
from another sector such as another public service body or another industry.
Level 3 innovations are those which stem from the transfer of approaches into the
UK healthcare sector. This can be a transfer into the UK healthcare sector from
overseas healthcare systems, or the application of an existing approach within a new
healthcare context, eg an approach that is well established within adult care but is
new to paediatrics.
Approaches that are at level 4 stage of development will not be considered.
In addition, Shine awards will not support the following types of innovation:
the development of new drugs
the development of new devices and other technologies
the development of new surgical techniques
the testing of new drug dosages and delivery methods (although new drug delivery methods
which require a change in the healthcare system, eg a shift in the setting in which the drug is
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delivered, self-administration support packages or new monitoring tools, would be within
scope).Unlike other forms of technology, e-health developments will fall within the scope of
the award. Like all other proposed innovations, e-health technologies must promise not only
to improve efficiency, but also to improve at least one other aspect of the quality of care (see
section 2). To be eligible for Shine awards, e-health technologies need to support a new way
of delivering care or organising services; they should facilitate the achievement of the aims
of this round of the scheme.
The area of ‘e-health’ is defined as the health services organisation and societal approach to
health and health services which results from the introduction of, and increasing access to,
new digital technologies, including the internet, other computerised networks and
telemedicine or distant healthcare facilitated by new digital technologies (NIHR Service
Delivery and Organisation Programme).1
What stage of innovation will Shine support?
We are seeking proposals that are at a particular stage of innovation. We expect that horizon
scanning, issue/needs analysis and option generation will have been completed and that the
idea is ready for first prototyping, that is, that it is ready for real-life testing and development.
We expect that, during the course of the 12 months of the award, the work undertaken will
consist of:
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putting the approach into practice on a small scale (prototyping)
gathering evidence about its impact and effectiveness
repeatedly developing and refining the approach in the light of the evidence collected
if the evidence merits it and time and resources permit, testing how easy it is to adapt
the approach to a second setting, recognising the need for adaptation and tailoring to
local circumstances.
www.sdo.nihr.ac.uk/ehealthholdingpage.html
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