scholarly journals Open Innovation via Crowdsourcing: A Digital Only Hackathon Case Study from Sweden

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdar Temiz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
User Friendly

This paper explores HacktheCrisis, the Swedish hackathon that was a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the challenges that it brought up. The main aims of the research were to explore the feasibility of the digital only COVID-19 hackathon as an open innovation method and to uncover the major issues that emerged during the HacktheCrisis hackathon in Sweden. The process and outcomes were assessed, leading to the lessons and development of recommendations for future health hackathons as an innovation in health care. We have found that conducting the virtual hackathon for COVID-19 resulted in significant growth in the digital health community in Sweden. Governments should be as fast as the private actors and citizens to address these challenges and to undertake organizational adaptations. Not only the hackathons, but the projects and processes after the hackathons should also be planned. Matchmaking between individuals and private and public actors should be facilitated throughout the year. Technology companies should provide platforms that facilitate flow of process with nice structures and user-friendly tools. Organizations were not ready to utilize the outcomes of these hackathons. Compared to public organizations, private organizations were faster to join hackathons.

scholarly journals Hackathons as Stepping Stones in Health Care Innovation: Case Study With Systematic Recommendations

10.2196/17004 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. e17004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira-Sebastian Poncette ◽  
Pablo-David Rojas ◽  
Joscha Hofferbert ◽  
Alvaro Valera Sosa ◽  
Felix Balzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Stepping Stones ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Cost Efficient

Background Until recently, developing health technologies was time-consuming and expensive, and often involved patients, doctors, and other health care professionals only as passive recipients of the end product. So far, users have been minimally involved in the ideation and creation stages of digital health technologies. In order to best address users’ unmet needs, a transdisciplinary and user-led approach, involving cocreation and direct user feedback, is required. In this context, hackathon events have become increasingly popular in generating enthusiasm for user-centered innovation. Objective This case study describes preparatory steps and the performance of a health hackathon directly involving patients and health care professionals at all stages. Feasibility and outcomes were assessed, leading to the development of systematic recommendations for future hackathons as a vehicle for bottom-up innovation in health care. Methods A 2-day hackathon was conducted in February 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Data were collected through a field study. Collected field notes were subsequently discussed in 15 informal meetings among the research team. Experiences of conducting two further hackathons in December 2017 and November 2018 were included. Results In total, 30 participants took part, with 63% (19/30) of participants between 25 and 34 years of age, 30% (9/30) between 35 and 44 years of age, and 7% (2/30) younger than 25 years of age. A total of 43% (13/30) of the participants were female. The participation rate of medical experts, including patients and health care professionals, was 30% (9/30). Five multidisciplinary teams were formed and each tackled a specific health care problem. All presented projects were apps: a chatbot for skin cancer recognition, an augmented reality exposure-based therapy (eg, for arachnophobia), an app for medical neighborhood connectivity, a doctor appointment platform, and a self-care app for people suffering from depression. Patients and health care professionals initiated all of the projects. Conducting the hackathon resulted in significant growth of the digital health community of Berlin and was followed up by larger hackathons. Systematic recommendations for conducting cost-efficient hackathons (n≤30) were developed, including aspects of community building, stakeholder engagement, mentoring, themes, announcements, follow-up, and timing for each step. Conclusions This study shows that hackathons are effective in bringing innovation to health care and are more cost- and time-efficient and potentially more sustainable than traditional medical device and digital product development. Our systematic recommendations can be useful to other individuals and organizations that want to establish user-led innovation in academic hospitals by conducting transdisciplinary hackathons.

scholarly journals Hackathons as Stepping Stones in Health Care Innovation: Case Study With Systematic Recommendations (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira-Sebastian Poncette ◽  
Pablo-David Rojas ◽  
Joscha Hofferbert ◽  
Alvaro Valera Sosa ◽  
Felix Balzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Stepping Stones ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Cost Efficient

BACKGROUND Until recently, developing health technologies was time-consuming and expensive, and often involved patients, doctors, and other health care professionals only as passive recipients of the end product. So far, users have been minimally involved in the ideation and creation stages of digital health technologies. In order to best address users’ unmet needs, a transdisciplinary and user-led approach, involving cocreation and direct user feedback, is required. In this context, hackathon events have become increasingly popular in generating enthusiasm for user-centered innovation. OBJECTIVE This case study describes preparatory steps and the performance of a health hackathon directly involving patients and health care professionals at all stages. Feasibility and outcomes were assessed, leading to the development of systematic recommendations for future hackathons as a vehicle for bottom-up innovation in health care. METHODS A 2-day hackathon was conducted in February 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Data were collected through a field study. Collected field notes were subsequently discussed in 15 informal meetings among the research team. Experiences of conducting two further hackathons in December 2017 and November 2018 were included. RESULTS In total, 30 participants took part, with 63% (19/30) of participants between 25 and 34 years of age, 30% (9/30) between 35 and 44 years of age, and 7% (2/30) younger than 25 years of age. A total of 43% (13/30) of the participants were female. The participation rate of medical experts, including patients and health care professionals, was 30% (9/30). Five multidisciplinary teams were formed and each tackled a specific health care problem. All presented projects were apps: a chatbot for skin cancer recognition, an augmented reality exposure-based therapy (eg, for arachnophobia), an app for medical neighborhood connectivity, a doctor appointment platform, and a self-care app for people suffering from depression. Patients and health care professionals initiated all of the projects. Conducting the hackathon resulted in significant growth of the digital health community of Berlin and was followed up by larger hackathons. Systematic recommendations for conducting cost-efficient hackathons (n≤30) were developed, including aspects of community building, stakeholder engagement, mentoring, themes, announcements, follow-up, and timing for each step. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that hackathons are effective in bringing innovation to health care and are more cost- and time-efficient and potentially more sustainable than traditional medical device and digital product development. Our systematic recommendations can be useful to other individuals and organizations that want to establish user-led innovation in academic hospitals by conducting transdisciplinary hackathons.

Screwed up, but working on it

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riki Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Media ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Community Membership ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Mental Health Work

The turn to narrative as a form of therapy has become a common practice with individuals telling their stories in private and public forums in hopes of finding healing and recovery for a wide variety of mental health disorders. With the emergence of the internet and the proliferation of new media forms, narrative practices have evolved concurrently. An examination of the digitally mediated narratives I call e-stories, on mental health community websites can provide a window into how people use psychological concepts in narratives to do mental health work in everyday life (Edwards & Potter, 1992). This case study of the HealthyPlace online journal community shows how e-stories play a significant role in self-identity construction and ideological reproductive work in relation to mental illness and recovery. This research examines autobiographical introductions posted on twenty-eight journal homepages to explore how everyday people use psychotherapeutic coherence systems — lay versions of expert knowledge — to demonstrate expertise and authority while organizing experiences into a socially sharable narrative, characterizing self-identity in terms of illness and health simultaneously. These e-stories reveal the power of language to serve as a tool to negotiate community membership, reproduce ideologies about mental health and recovery, and employ narrative devices online to represent self-identities of people as “screwed up, but working on it.”

scholarly journals How companies succeed and fail to succeed with the implementation of intelligence systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Solberg Söilen
Keyword(s):  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Milk Market

Most papers in this issue deal with different sides of technological systems and managerial practices usedfor intelligence work in private organizations. Empirical data from a number of countries and companiesare gathered to illustrate how companies work and fail to work with business intelligence and competitiveintelligence in organizations.The paper by Rezaie, Mirabedini and Abtahi entitled “Identifying key effective factors on theimplementation process of business intelligence in the banking industry of Iran” identifies key effectivefactors on the implementation process of business intelligence. Thirty-nine factors were identified andclassified in nine main groups, including organizational, human, data quality, environmental, systemability, strategic, service quality, technical infrastructure, and managerial factors.The paper by Bisson and Gurpinar entitled “A Bayesian approach to developing a strategic earlywarning system for the French milk market” suggests a new strategic early warning system forcompanies and public organizations to better anticipate market changes and make more robust decisions.The paper by Al Rashdi and Nair entitled “A business intelligence framework for Sultan QaboosUniversity: A case study in the Middle East” aims to build a customized business intelligence (BI)framework for Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). A prototype is tested with good results.The paper by Søilen, Tontini, Aagerup and Andersson entitled “The perception of usefulinformation derived from Twitter: A survey of professionals” is a survey of professionals about the valueof the information or intelligence on Twitter. It shows that Twitter is perceived as a service for usefulinformation but not for the reason one may expect, not because the content of the tweets gives valuableinformation, but because of what can be derived and extracted from the information that is being tweetedand not tweeted.The paper by Calof, Richards and Santilli entitled “Insight through open intelligence” is anopinion piece that gives suggestions of how to broaden the CI field with the help of open innovation.

Factors Influencing Procurement of Digital Health Care: A Case Study in Dutch District Nursing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sander Holterman ◽  
Marike Hettinga ◽  
Erik Buskens ◽  
Maarten Lahr
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Dutch Health

Background: Digital health is considered a promising solution in keeping health care accessible and affordable. However, implementation is often complex and sustainable funding schemes are lacking. Despite supporting policy, scaling up innovative forms of health care progresses much slower than intended in Dutch national framework agreements. The aim of this study is to identify factors that influence the procurement of digital health particular in district nursing. Methods: A case study approach was used, in which multiple stakeholder perspectives are compared using thematic framework analysis. The case studied was the procurement of digital health in Dutch district nursing. Literature on implementation of digital health, public procurement and payment models was used to build the analytic framework. We analysed fourteen interviews (secondary data), two focus groups organised by the national task force procurement and eight governmental and third-party reports. Results: Five themes emerged from the analysis: 1) rationale 2) provider-payer relationship, 3) resources, 4) evidence, and 5) the payment model. Per theme a number of factors were identified, mostly related to the design and functioning of the Dutch health system and to the implementation process at providers' side. Conclusions: This study identified factors influencing the procurement of digital health in Dutch district nursing. The findings, however, are not unique for digital health, district nursing or the Dutch health system. The results presented will support policy makers, and decision makers to improve procurement of digital health. Investing in better relationships between payer and care provider organisations and professionals is an important next step towards scaling digital health.

Open Innovation for Wicked Problems: Using Proximity to Overcome Barriers

2020 ◽  
pp. 000812562096863
Author(s):  
Ward Ooms ◽  
Roel Piepenbrink
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Wicked Problems ◽  
The Face ◽  
Innovation Barriers

Open innovation is a viable strategy to solve wicked problems. However, the complexity of these types of problems renders the management of open innovation initiatives (even) more difficult. How can managers make open innovation for complex or even wicked problems work? This article examines case studies of open innovation initiatives adopting a health care service innovation. It uses the proximity framework to identify several ways in which open innovation barriers can be overcome despite their complexity. The case study findings show how partners leverage their differences to the benefit of service innovation in the face of wicked problems.

Studying and More: Part-Time Employment as an Educational Challenge?

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Silke Heuse ◽  
Cathrin Dietze ◽  
Daniel Fodor ◽  
Edgar Voltmer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Educational Challenge ◽  
Part Time

Background: Future health-care professionals face stress both during education and in later professional life. Next to educational trainings, many students are forced to assume part-time employment. Objective: Applying the Job Demands-Resources Model to the educational context, we investigate which role part-time employment plays next to health-care professional students’ education-specific demands and resources in the prediction of perceived stress. Method: In this cross-sectional study, data from N = 161 health-care students were analysed, testing moderation models. Results: Education-specific demands were associated with higher and education-specific resources with lower amounts of perceived stress. Part-time employment functioned as moderator, i.e. demands were less associated with stress experiences in students who were employed part-time. Conclusion: Identifying part-time employment as a resource rather than a demand illustrates the need to understand students’ individual influences on stress. Both educators and students will benefit from reflecting these resources to support students’ stress management.

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