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Portela, M. C., Lima, S. M. L., Martins, M., & Travassos, C. (2016). Improvement Science: Conceptual and theoretical foundations for its application to healthcare quality improvement / Ciencia de la Mejora del Cuidado de la Salud: bases conceptuales y teóricas para su aplicación en la mejoría del cuidado de salud / Ciência da Melhoria do Cuidado de Saúde: bases conceituais e teóricas para a sua aplicação na melhoria do cuidado de saúde. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 32(suppl 2). doi:10.1590/0102-311X00105815.
The development and study of healthcare quality improvement interventions have been reshaped, moving from more intuitive approaches, dominated by biomedical vision and premised on easy transferability, to gradually acknowledge the need for more planning and systematization, with greater incorporation of the social sciences and enhancement of the role of context. This article highlights that Improvement Science has been established, with a conceptual and methodological framework for such studies.

Yadav, M. S., & Pavlou, P. A. (2020). Technology-enabled interactions in digital environments: A conceptual foundation for current and future research. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 48(1), 132-136.
The article presents a commentary on the special issue covering marketing and technology. They mention topics, including marketing in the field of health technology, the use of artificial intelligence and robotics in marketing, and the influence of the dark web and chatbots on marketing.

Ravi, S. J., Meyer, D., Cameron, E., Nalabandian, M., Pervaiz, B., & Nuzzo, J. B. (2019). Establishing a theoretical foundation for measuring global health security: A scoping review. BMC Public Health, 1.
Since the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic, the concept of measuring health security capacity has become increasingly important within the broader context of health systems-strengthening, enhancing responses to public health emergencies, and reducing global catastrophic biological risks.