TY - CONF
T1 - Sink or Swim: Connected Health Software Grasping the Innovation Opportunities by Mitigating Risk
AU - Richardson, Ita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 by SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.5220/0006104102130221
DO - 10.5220/0006104102130221
M3 - Paper
SP - 213
EP - 221
ER -