Open Innovation in Healthcare Ecosystem – a systematic review

Abstract

Background: Several countries are facing significant troubles of health services, particularly rising prices. Innovative technologies and services are expected to help boost medical quality and cut costs. In this sense, there is a lack of innovative work in spite of a growing interest in open innovation and approaches that advocate for expanded cooperation among various actors in healthcare. Objective: This paper describes the findings of a study concerning the commitment of the healthcare sector to open innovation. Materials and methods: The search for literature focused on English-language papers to 12 January 2020. Based on the indicated criteria for inclusion, 29 articles were included. Results: Results show that most experiments concentrate on the areas of pharmaceutical research (drug discovery) and health informatics (health information systems and infrastructures) that were brought out as concepts or applied as pilot and prototype. Conclusions: The participation of the healthcare sector limited in open innovation, and more work is required with an emphasis how to get open innovation.

The role of open innovation in addressing resource constraints in healthcare: a systematic literature review

“…A total of 462 results were found in the Web of Science. Additionally, 47 studies that were already included in the previous open innovation in healthcare literature reviews (Torab-Miandoab et al ., 2021; Wass and Vimarlund, 2016) were considered for inclusion in the current study. The PRISMA workflow (Page et al ., 2021) was followed to screen abstracts of the 509 studies for the relevant criteria.…”