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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483172103321

Autore

Schiavone Francesco

Titolo

User Innovation in Healthcare : How Patients and Caregivers React Creatively to Illness / / by Francesco Schiavone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-44256-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (110 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Health Care Management and Economics, , 2193-1704

Disciplina

610.285

610.28

Soggetti

Health care management

Health services administration

Management

Industrial management

Medical care

Public health

Health economics

Medical research

Quality of life

Health Care Management

Innovation/Technology Management

Health Services Research

Health Economics

Quality of Life Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: User innovation -- Chapter 2: User innovation in healthcare -- Chapter 3: Patient innovation -- Chapter 4: Cases of patient innovation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores in depth the phenomenon of user innovation in healthcare. In particular, the book sheds light on patient innovation, whereby patients and/or caregivers proactively develop and diffuse new



products and services that provide health and quality of life benefits by addressing gaps in existing market offerings. The aim is to clarify the key characteristics of these innovative processes and to offer practitioners and policymakers tangible bottom-up evidence, solutions, and ideas that will assist in improving health systems, organizations, and practices. A number of important and interesting research questions are addressed, casting light on the types of products and services that tend to be developed by patient innovators, the typical profile of these innovators, the role played by firms, institutions, and health professionals, and the ways in which digital technologies support the dissemination of innovations among patient communities and within the industry. Beyond academic scholars and policymakers, the book will be of high value for students on master’s programs in both medical sciences and business and economics.