The weblog is really starting to take off here at the Next Level event in High Tech Campus Eindhoven! Many enthousiastic reactions have come back to us from guests that think it is really powerful to have information up instantly after a session. Here is a guest that is commenting on the Healthcare blogpost at the Weblog stand.
Live blog report - Innovation in healthcare
Andrea Cotter, Director of IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences industry, presents on the changing landscape of health, based on the findings of the IBV Healthcare 2015 Study and customer experiences.
According to the study, Healthcare has become a concern for nations worldwide. There is a major concern of an exponential increase of costs, but healthcare is also becoming a possible asset for nations, as patients are crossing borders to get better healthcare.
Five drivers currently impacting the healthcare systems of the world are
To anticipate, a more patient centric approach is needed. Andrea introduces the CEO Study, that shows wider collaboration is key to realizing the benefits of market changes and new efforts.
Andrea argues that business flexibility and responsiveness are the enablers of innovation. She gives three main entry points:
Some other references that were mentioned were The genographic project and the book The world is flat by Thomas Friedman
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Looking for publications on innovation?
Then this might be an interesting publication for you (yes, it's from IBM).
Focussed on innovation in Public and Health sector, it explains how other companies try to change their field by innovating.
Part of this report is based on the Global CEO study 2006, and yes that's also an IBM study.
* Download the pdf report:
Top public sector innovators:
Changing the world through government, education, healthcare and life sciences.
An American by the name of Jim Carrol, futurist and trends & innovation expert, seems to be experienced in the healthcare sector US. On his blog he gives a description of ten trends that apply to the healthcare and pharmacutical industry:
1. A transformative shift - Personalized medicine drives the agenda
2. Knowledge growth becomes exponential; pace of innovation / discovery picks up
3. Discovery moves offshore
4. Theory into practice becomes the primary focus
5. Skills fragment and a battle for skills drives decisions
6. Complexity partnerships take on an increasing role
7. Bio-informatics emerges, core competence becomes critical
8. Bio-connectivity becomes the next big thing
9. Hospitals get “de-physical”, customer service comes to the industry
10. Generational attitude transforms the system
Do these trends also apply for Benelux or is this specifically a US thing?
