Publication: A Study of Digital Health Innovation Trends in the UE
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2020-12-28
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Europe is facing the rising challenge of an ageing population and changing disease patterns. In addition, the care workforce is insufficient (a lack of staff in social care can have direct effects on the quality of healthcare). Digital health innovations and, in particular, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) have the potential to alleviate some of these strains. This realization has led to the appearance of a plethora of digital health companies and devices, as well as initiatives and policies to incentivize their development and implementation. The novelty and rapid pace of technological development in the digital arena has so far made it difficult to analyse and rationalize its growth and composition patterns across European countries. To overcome this gap we have mined the worldwide patent database, identifying countries that are leading in digital health innovation and gaining insights on the particular areas that are being favoured. The data shows that most of the innovation is driven by just a few European countries, led by Germany, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom. Big data analytics is still the dominant area across biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications, but in MedTech, artificial intelligence applications have also grown significantly. Countries leading in digital health innovation have developed policies and initiatives to support and encourage it, while preparing for its risks.
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Jeffrey, G., & Machado, D. (2020). A Study of the State of Digital Health Innovation Trends in the UE. En Innovation, Sustainability and the Future of Healthcare (p. Chapter 2). IE Center for the Governance of Change (CGC). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4395520