The increasing ageing population in developed countries implies a better performance of healthcare their healthcare systems to increase the healthy life expectancy of elderly people. Ac- cordingly, providing patients with customized medical devices can be seen as a proper solution. In this regard, the emerging manufacturing technologies such an additive manufacturing not only fa- cilitate personalized production in healthcare sector, but also can change the role of the hospitals from a solely user to a producer. However successful pursuit of such strategy requires implemen- tation of a new business model as a supporting tool. This paper aims at proposing an innovative business model to support hospitals for personalized production in healthcare
Proposal of an Innovative Business Model for Customized Production in healthcare
COPANI G
2014
Abstract
The increasing ageing population in developed countries implies a better performance of healthcare their healthcare systems to increase the healthy life expectancy of elderly people. Ac- cordingly, providing patients with customized medical devices can be seen as a proper solution. In this regard, the emerging manufacturing technologies such an additive manufacturing not only fa- cilitate personalized production in healthcare sector, but also can change the role of the hospitals from a solely user to a producer. However successful pursuit of such strategy requires implemen- tation of a new business model as a supporting tool. This paper aims at proposing an innovative business model to support hospitals for personalized production in healthcareI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.