Early Adopter Health Network

Overview of the Early Adopter Health Network program:

The Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN™) partners Canadian companies who have developed innovative health technologies that are ready for adoption with health organizations (e.g., acute, primary care, long-term care, home and community care). OBIO® supports health technology companies and health organizations in EAHN™ to: Evaluate innovative health technologies and generate evidence to support procurement and adoption by health organizations; Widely disseminate and adopt technologies that demonstrate a proven benefit to patients and result in efficiencies and cost savings to the health system;

Benefits of the Early Adopter Health Network program:

• Focuses on and not limited to innovative technologies in the domains of digital health, medical devices, and any technologies for the prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation of human diseases that improve patient care.

Eligibility criteria of the Early Adopter Health Network program:

• Accepts applicants based on the readiness of both their technologies and their organization. The application process selects for companies that are prepared to have their technologies evaluated in a health organization setting and whose technologies will provide value as measured against the Quadruple Aim of health care
• Applicants will be expected to:
• Have all regulatory clearance necessary for product evaluation in a clinical setting
• Be prepared for immediate scale-up and dissemination following a successful evaluation
• Have a clear and defined path forward for commercialization of their technology and ready for procurement