Patient Innovation

This chapter aims to answer the sub-research question: “What is the innovative position of Patient Innovation (PI) and what value propositions can be generated from the innovation?” In order to answer this question, the innovation study follows the framework suggested by Alänge and Lundqvist (2014), which includes an explanation of the platform, the Intellectual Property (IP) protection, current status, next steps, value visions, and competitive landscape of PI. In addition, an explanation about the healthcare system in Norway and the expected impact of PI on it are also presented in this chapter. However, the market quantification and financial plan are presented in the business plan part of this thesis.

Next, the innovative position of PI is determined by utilizing the classic four quadrants of innovations (Abernathy and Clark, 1985). However, this thesis employs the enhanced version of the four quadrants framework, which is proposed and adapted by Christensen (1997) and Carpenter (2009). Furthermore, PI’s activities related to the framework of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is also discussed in this chapter.

2.1 The Patient Innovation Platform

This starting page emphasizes the search and post of a solution, thus it displays the search and post buttons on the top of the page. Further down, this page also encourages visitors to join the platform and register as users. As a registered user, a patient or caregiver can search and post a solution that is suitable for the patient’s health condition. Furthermore, the user can also join the forum specific to the health category. The front page also enables visitors and users to explore the solutions by categories: disease, symptom, location, activity, device, and therapy. The screenshot of this front page is displayed in Figure