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

doi:10.5220/0006104102130221

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

University of Limerick
Rockchapel Co. Cork
Farranfore Medical Centre

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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 language	English
Title of host publication	HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017
Editors	Egon L. van den Broek, Ana Fred, Hugo Gamboa, Mario Vaz
Publisher	SciTePress
Pages	213-221
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897582134
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0006104102130221
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	10th 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 2017 → 23 Feb 2017

Publication series

Name	HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017
Volume	5

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2017 - Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	21/02/17 → 23/02/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger

Keywords

Connected Health
Innovation
Malnutrition
Mitigation
Risks
Software System

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Richardson, I., AbuBaker, A., O’Connor, P., O’Mahony, J., & O’Leary, P. (2017). Sink or swim: Connected health software grasping the innovation opportunities by mitigating risk. In E. L. van den Broek, A. Fred, H. Gamboa, & M. Vaz (Eds.), HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017 (pp. 213-221). (HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017; Vol. 5). SciTePress. https://doi.org/10.5220/0006104102130221

Richardson, Ita ; AbuBaker, Ahmed ; O’Connor, Patrick et al. / Sink or swim : Connected health software grasping the innovation opportunities by mitigating risk. HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017. editor / Egon L. van den Broek ; Ana Fred ; Hugo Gamboa ; Mario Vaz. SciTePress, 2017. pp. 213-221 (HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017).

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Richardson, I, AbuBaker, A, O’Connor, P, O’Mahony, J & O’Leary, P 2017, Sink or swim: Connected health software grasping the innovation opportunities by mitigating risk. in EL van den Broek, A Fred, H Gamboa & M Vaz (eds), HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017. HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017, vol. 5, SciTePress, pp. 213-221, 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2017 - Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017, Porto, Portugal, 21/02/17. https://doi.org/10.5220/0006104102130221

Sink or swim: Connected health software grasping the innovation opportunities by mitigating risk. / Richardson, Ita; AbuBaker, Ahmed; O’Connor, Patrick et al.
HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017. ed. / Egon L. van den Broek; Ana Fred; Hugo Gamboa; Mario Vaz. SciTePress, 2017. p. 213-221 (HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017; Vol. 5).

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Richardson I, AbuBaker A, O’Connor P, O’Mahony J, O’Leary P. Sink or swim: Connected health software grasping the innovation opportunities by mitigating risk. In van den Broek EL, Fred A, Gamboa H, Vaz M, editors, HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017. SciTePress. 2017. p. 213-221. (HEALTHINF 2017 - 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017). doi: 10.5220/0006104102130221

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