Unlocking Innovation in Healthcare: The Case of the Patient Innovation Platform
研究了一个欧洲领先的患者创新平台如何通过社区组织、市场匹配和创新管理三种角色，促进患者创新的识别、开发和商业化。
Multisided platforms are new organizing forms that can boost innovation in the healthcare sector by empowering patients as innovators and facilitating the commercialization of innovations by and for patients. However, applying the playbook script for the platform model from other sectors may prove challenging given the distinctive nature of the healthcare services. Drawing on the case of a leading healthcare innovation platform in Europe, this article examines the platform’s role in identifying and enabling the development and diffusion of patient innovations. This involves three main roles (community organizer, market matchmaker, and innovation manager) and corresponding orchestration activities.