Mapping Innovation
Abstract
This paper is the subject of four recent articles about the Innovation process in Healthcare. Lenferink, D.J.H.H. (2009) The discontinuous innovation process at established SME, New Methods for user driven innovation in the healthcare sector, Omachonu, V.K. (2010). Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Systems and Research and markets. (2011, September). United States Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2011.
Mapping the Innovation Process
The Innovation process is a generic core factor that drives the healthcare sector. It is quintessential for the industries in this sector as it is innovations that have seen breakthroughs in nanotechnology and genetics and the increased understanding of the biological processes that have impacted radically the quality of health and human life. Innovation renews what a sector, industry or organization can offer to the world that ways in which the offering is created and delivered. The innovation process involves various activities which are searching which scan the internal and external environment of the sector, selecting where the best signals in the environment are chosen, implementing which translates the trigger idea into something new and launching it in the internal and external environment, and learning which learns news ways of improving the process continually (Omachonu, 2010). This paper maps out the innovation process in the healthcare sector and looks out how it works in practice and where they need to put more emphasis.
Innovation process in healthcare sector and how it works out in practice:
As noted above the innovation process involves various activities which are searching, selecting, implementing and learning.
Searching:
The ability to scan and identify ideas and potential innovations both in the internal and external environment of the healthcare sector is imperative for the innovation process in this sector. The
This paper is the subject of four recent articles about the Innovation process in Healthcare. Lenferink, D.J.H.H. (2009) The discontinuous innovation process at established SME, New Methods for user driven innovation in the healthcare sector, Omachonu, V.K. (2010). Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Systems and Research and markets. (2011, September). United States Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2011.
Mapping the Innovation Process
The Innovation process is a generic core factor that drives the healthcare sector. It is quintessential for the industries in this sector as it is innovations that have seen breakthroughs in nanotechnology and genetics and the increased understanding of the biological processes that have impacted radically the quality of health and human life. Innovation renews what a sector, industry or organization can offer to the world that ways in which the offering is created and delivered. The innovation process involves various activities which are searching which scan the internal and external environment of the sector, selecting where the best signals in the environment are chosen, implementing which translates the trigger idea into something new and launching it in the internal and external environment, and learning which learns news ways of improving the process continually (Omachonu, 2010). This paper maps out the innovation process in the healthcare sector and looks out how it works in practice and where they need to put more emphasis.
Innovation process in healthcare sector and how it works out in practice:
As noted above the innovation process involves various activities which are searching, selecting, implementing and learning.
Searching:
The ability to scan and identify ideas and potential innovations both in the internal and external environment of the healthcare sector is imperative for the innovation process in this sector. The
References: Lenferink, D.J.H.H. (2009) The discontinuous innovation process at established SME: an exploration of the discontinuous innovation process as experienced by established SMEs. University of Twente. Retrieved from http://essay.utwente.nl/60124/ Norden. (2009). New Methods for user driven innovation in the healthcare sector. Retrieved from http://www.nordicinnovation.net/_img/07193_user_driven_innovation_in_the_health_care_sector_final_report_web.pdf Omachonu, V.K. (2010). Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Systems: A conceptual Framework. The innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 15(1), Article 2. Research and markets. (2011, September). United States Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2011. Retrieved from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b8d7a0/united_states_phar