In this article (by Pikkarainen, Hyrkäs, Martin, 2020) are presented the results of a longitudinal study on the success factors of the experience of demand-driven open innovation in health experimented within the framework of the InDemand Project. The focus of the paper is to explore a digital health open innovation ecosystem over the years. The results show that the created demand-driven open innovation model can be used to strengthen the governance of digital health and to improve communication density and knowledge transfer between the ecosystem actors. The findings help policy-makers to use open innovation as a policy instrument supporting hospital and company managers to increase understanding of the opportunities of demand-driven open innovation.
Part of interest: The entire paper.
Target groups: RPOs, Innovation business, Policymakers, Patients, Providers, Professionals