{"title":"加强卫生和保健工作人员的创新能力:采购专业人员基于角色的框架","authors":"Klaas Stek, Luc Lefers, Carolina Belotti Pedroso","doi":"10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105423","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The procurement function in the health and care workforce is pivotal for enabling innovation, sustainability, and value-based resource allocation. Yet, its workforce development remains underexplored in public health and health policy research.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To develop a role-based model of innovation procurement capacity in health and care, identifying emerging roles and associated competencies needed within complex public health systems.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with procurement professionals from five European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain). Guided by the Dynamic Capabilities framework, thematic analysis identified role-based patterns in innovation procurement. Competency profiles were mapped against the European Commission’s ProcurComp<sup>EU</sup> framework.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Six emerging roles were identified: Strategic Business Partner, Digital/Automation Expert, Innovation Matchmaker, Sustainability Coordinator, Data Engineer, and Innovation Coordinator. These roles signal a shift from generalist procurement functions to specialised, distributed innovation capacities. The analysis extends the ProcurComp<sup>EU</sup> framework with sector-specific, innovation-oriented competencies.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Building procurement competencies in the health and care workforce is essential for harnessing innovation in service delivery. This study offers a framework for competency development and highlights the institutional conditions required for effective application. Innovation procurement demands differentiated roles and capabilities aligned with system-wide goals for resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability. The proposed role-based model serves as a practical roadmap for policymakers, public institutions, and training providers to professionalise the procurement workforce and position it as a strategic enabler of health and care transformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55067,"journal":{"name":"Health Policy","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 105423"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Strengthening innovation capacity in health and care workforce: A role-based framework for the procurement professionals\",\"authors\":\"Klaas Stek, Luc Lefers, Carolina Belotti Pedroso\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105423\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The procurement function in the health and care workforce is pivotal for enabling innovation, sustainability, and value-based resource allocation. 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Strengthening innovation capacity in health and care workforce: A role-based framework for the procurement professionals
Background
The procurement function in the health and care workforce is pivotal for enabling innovation, sustainability, and value-based resource allocation. Yet, its workforce development remains underexplored in public health and health policy research.
Objective
To develop a role-based model of innovation procurement capacity in health and care, identifying emerging roles and associated competencies needed within complex public health systems.
Methods
We conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with procurement professionals from five European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain). Guided by the Dynamic Capabilities framework, thematic analysis identified role-based patterns in innovation procurement. Competency profiles were mapped against the European Commission’s ProcurCompEU framework.
Results
Six emerging roles were identified: Strategic Business Partner, Digital/Automation Expert, Innovation Matchmaker, Sustainability Coordinator, Data Engineer, and Innovation Coordinator. These roles signal a shift from generalist procurement functions to specialised, distributed innovation capacities. The analysis extends the ProcurCompEU framework with sector-specific, innovation-oriented competencies.
Conclusions
Building procurement competencies in the health and care workforce is essential for harnessing innovation in service delivery. This study offers a framework for competency development and highlights the institutional conditions required for effective application. Innovation procurement demands differentiated roles and capabilities aligned with system-wide goals for resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability. The proposed role-based model serves as a practical roadmap for policymakers, public institutions, and training providers to professionalise the procurement workforce and position it as a strategic enabler of health and care transformation.
期刊介绍:
Health Policy is intended to be a vehicle for the exploration and discussion of health policy and health system issues and is aimed in particular at enhancing communication between health policy and system researchers, legislators, decision-makers and professionals concerned with developing, implementing, and analysing health policy, health systems and health care reforms, primarily in high-income countries outside the U.S.A.