![]() ![]() Other discovered top needs included “parents and physicians need an accurate method to monitor retractile testes at-home and in the outpatient setting to reduce unnecessary surgical referrals and procedures”, and “a hospital system need to reduce complications and readmissions associated with post-operative catheter obstruction after urologic procedures”. The first top need arising from this ethnographic study was that “parents and children need a faster (<3 months to resolution) treatment option for resolving nocturnal enuresis that also prevents incontinence during the treatment phase”. After fine needs prioritization, three top needs were selected. Following coarse needs prioritization, five needs emerged as top contenders. Results: 33 unmet clinical needs were identified throughout the clinical immersion phase, 27 of which were validated. Finally, genealogy maps were constructed and used to guide subsequent solution landscaping for the top three needs. Priority scores were then assigned to each validated need using a series of pre-determined and weighted criteria. Follow-up interviews with key stakeholders were performed to validate needs. Interviews were conducted with 35 stakeholders, including patients, patient families, and health care staff by a medical student participant in Sling Health LA, a program which provides innovation training and incubation for ideas. Opportunities for medical innovation were first identified through six weeks of clinical immersion, which involved both clinical observation and interview-based insight extraction. Methods: The biodesign process involves a sequential process of identifying, validating, and prioritizing unmet needs, followed by solution landscaping and prototyping for the most promising needs. Our objective was to uncover the most pressing unmet clinical needs within a specific clinical setting, pediatric urology at UCLA. Introduction: Biodesign innovation processes provide a needs-driven approach to medical innovation, empowering both medical trainees and health care providers to take action in addressing the shortcomings of health care encountered in daily clinical practice. 4Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.3University of California, Los Angeles Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, United States. ![]() 2Department of Bioengineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Los Ageles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.1David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, United States. ![]() Zarrin 1 Li Zhou 1 Astha Sahoo 1 Sophia Desai 2 Neha Iyer 2 Savannah L. ![]()
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