Question

types of healthcare innovations? explain them and why are they important?

Answer 1

Health care innovation is to develop new or improved health policy, system, product, technology, services and delivery method that improve the people 's health with special focus on the needs of vulnerable population(WHO)

Types

1. Product innovation : Introduce significantly new product that improve quality of health care. Example: sensors and wearable technology
2. Process innovation : Significant new method of delivering care to achieve positive outcome to the patient.
3. Service innovation : Introduce new service which facilitate patient satisfaction.
4. Business model: New significant method to set the solution for financial problem.
5. Incremental innovation :Improve the existing product and service to enhance better standard and outcome.
6. Outcome driven innovation : It is based on outcome.
7. Organization :Adopt new way to manage the members in the organization such as patient, staff etc.
8. Breakthrough :Innovation occur as a result of change in technology or science.

Importance of health care innovation :

• Improve the efficiency of an organization in terms of money, man power and material.
• Improve the effectiveness of service
• Improve the quality of health care in terms of positive out come, reduces hospital stay, prevention of mortality and morbidity.
• Safe and affordability :Health care available to all irrespective of their differences such as age, sex, cast, creed and socioeconomic status.It also safeguard the patient.