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This Handbook Bridges Theory And Practice Of Mainstream Innovation Studies As Applied In The Healthcare Sector, Offering Valuable Resources To Professionals, Policymakers, And Researchers Who Are Dedicated To Addressing The Complexities Of Modern Healthcare. It Advances The Latest Developments In Healthcare Innovation Research And Practice. It Has A Global Emphasis, Drawing From Research And Case Studies From Both High-income As Well As Lmics. The Diverse Range Of Topics Covered In The Chapters Are Categorised Into Three Parts Reflective Broadly Of The Innovation Process- Development, Diffusion, And Evaluation And Governance. The Diversity In Contributors Cover A Range Of 27 Topics From Frugal, Reverse, Disruptive And Open Innovation, To Knowledge Brokerage, Epistemic Communities, Decolonisation, And Change Management To Name But A Few. Within Each Chapter, Contributors Discuss The State-of-the-debate In Their Domain Of Expertise At Three Levels Of Analysis -- Micro, Meso, And Macro -- And With Respect To The Organisational, Social, And Technological Aspects Of Healthcare. Though Healthcare Innovation Has Always Been A Popular Topic, The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Drawn Even More Attention To It. The Contents Herein Should, Therefore, Appeal To Academic Researchers But Also To Clinicians, Managers, Entrepreneurs And Policy Leaders. The Handbook Should Also Be Particularly Useful To The Many Government And Industry-based Centres That Have Been Set-up Dedicated To The Development And Study Of Healthcare Innovations-- Provided By Publisher.