93 Investigating the minimal requirements for startup procurement by healthcare institutions in Ontario, Canada

• DOI: 10.1017/cts.2024.91
• Publication Date: 2024-04-03T01:59:58Z
• Authors: Zoya Aziz Bhatti; Joseph Ferenbok; Derek Choi; Zoya Bhatti; Jospeh Ferenbok; Edyta Marcon; Marissa Bird; Juli Smyth; Bibaswan Ghoshal
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; R; Contemporary Research Challenges; Medicine

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The primarygoal is to understand the challenges and barriers associated with procurement of innovative technologies.Specifically, our research will answer following question: what are minimal requirements for a startup’s solution beprocuredby anOntariohealthcare institution? METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Participants include professionals at startups, healthcare institutions, facilitating agencies. Semi-structured interviews be conducted in order different pathways possible related gaps or that startups face. Through qualitative ethnographic methods, participant characterize existing relationships examine rationale behind startup decision-making. Data collection recordings, verbatim transcripts, researcher field notes. inductive analysis, data examined build an intervention assist procurement. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Our investigation yield insight into expectations between hospital analysis identify targets engagement, appropriate actors can bridge gaps. results aid planning. support innovators by delivering enable easier implementation market ready solutions Canadian context. In line principles from National Center Advancing Translational Sciences, this used towards enhancing efficiency, speed translation, innovation. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: We contextualize needs start-ups empower them their ecosystem. Facilitating better navigation space allows present organizations adopt, resulting improved clinical patient outcomes.