About HFI

The Institute for futures studies in health, as the first one in the field of health studies in Iran, lunched in 2012 at Kerman University of Medical Sciences (KUMS). This institute encompasses six research centers. The Health Foresight and Innovation Research Center (HFI) is one of them that lunched in 2019.

HFI is run by an interdisciplinary team of experts and researchers from different fields of Futures Studies, IT Engineering, Health Management, Health Policy making, Information Management, Social Work, Health Technology Assessment, Sociology, Professional Health Engineer, English Language, Medical Informatics. 

Vision

HFI is the most important referral source for future-oriented decision making in Iranian health system and one of the  significant centers for providing key futures-based evidence regionally.

Mission (aims and scope) 

To focus more on future and innovation topics, HFI started its activities with the purpose of promoting and applying futuristic concepts, innovation and entrepreneurship together in all educational, research, and medical departments, determining future health necessities, and managing thoughts to meet these needs.