Exploring the potential of Mobile Health for product and process innovation
Exploring the potential of Mobile Health for product and process innovation
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10.1109/picmet.2016.7806719
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2016-09
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Reiko Onodera;S. Sengoku;K. Miyazaki
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作者：
Reiko Onodera;S. Sengoku;K. Miyazaki
移动的健康或mHealth是将移动的设备和无线技术用于医疗保健目的的新兴概念。最近，移动健康相关技术有望形成一种新的医疗设备类别，特别是在患者监测方面。预计这也将提高药物临床试验的效率和有效性。然而，利用这项技术来创新医疗保健业务面临着挑战。考虑到这一点，我们探索mHealth的潜力。首先，我们定位移动健康与当前的创新理论的基础上密集的文献综述。其次，我们假设移动健康有两个潜在的创新领域：医疗器械行业的产品创新和制药行业的流程创新。为了验证这些假设，我们对临床试验进行了全面观察，以研究移动健康如何通过创新产品影响治疗途径。因此，我们观察到有193项研究登记;然而，其中大多数仍处于信息和通信技术的原始水平，如短信和应用程序，这表明与市场预测存在重大差距。本研究的基础上的移动健康的趋势和未来的前景，从技术和创新管理的观点。
Mobile Health or mHealth is an emerging concept of the use of mobile devices and wireless technology for healthcare purposes. Recently, mHealth-related technology is expected to form a new category of medical devices particularly in the monitoring of patients. This is also anticipated to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of pharmaceutical clinical trials. However, there are challenges to utilize this enabling technology to innovate healthcare business. Considering this context, we explore the potential of mHealth. First, we position mHealth with respect to current innovation theories based on intensive literature review. Second, we hypothesize that mHealth has two potential areas of innovation: product innovation in the medical devices industry and process innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. To test the hypotheses, we conducted a holistic observation on clinical trials to examine how large mHealth impacts a treatment pathway by innovative products. Consequently, we observed 193 studies are registered; however, most of these remain at a primitive level of information and communication technology such as text messaging and application, which suggests a significant gap to the market forecasts. This present study forms the basis of the trend of mHealth and a future outlook from the viewpoint of technology and innovation management.