Open innovation in health care: Analysis of an open health platform

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 165-175

  Bullinger, Angelika C ^a,b   Rass, Matthias ^a   Adamczyk, Sabrina ^a   Moeslein, Kathrin M ^a   Sohn, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Health care; Open innovation; Public integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84859742580     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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