Sink or swim: Connected health software grasping the innovation opportunities by mitigating risk

Ita Richardson, Ahmed AbuBaker, Patrick O’Connor, Jerry O’Mahony, Pádraig O’Leary

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Abstract

Connected Health innovation can be an opportunity for companies to develop and grow, if they take opportunity to develop solutions for healthcare. In this paper, we discuss a case study where a very small company in Ireland developed a connected health solution, but in doing this, discovered a number of risks which they faced. Working with a research from the University of Limerick (author 1), they developed mitigation strategies to avoid these risks, and subsequently developed an updated version of their initial connected health solution. This software, Global-MN, has been implemented by a charity in India, Varanasi Children’s Hospital. We present information about both the initial and updated product, illustrating how overcoming the risks has resulted in the company redesigning their product for a global market. Data entered via this software is now providing Varanasi Children’s Hospital with information and analysis, which, in turn, is allowing them to provide a better service and improve the nourishment of children in India.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017
EditorsEgon L. van den Broek, Ana Fred, Hugo Gamboa, Mario Vaz
PublisherSciTePress
Pages213-221
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9789897582134
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event10th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2017 - Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 21 Feb 201723 Feb 2017

Publication series

NameHEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017
Volume5

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2017 - Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period21/02/1723/02/17

Keywords

  • Connected Health
  • Innovation
  • Malnutrition
  • Mitigation
  • Risks
  • Software System

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