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12.02.2019 | Original Article

How social business innovates health care: two cases of social value creation leading to high-quality services

Zeitschrift:: Journal of Public Health

Autoren:: Sabine Bohnet-Joschko, Eugene C. Nelson, Claus Zippel, Tamara S. Morgan, John Øvretveit

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Abstract

Background

Health systems worldwide are experiencing increasing cost-cutting pressures with more intense competition and rising customer requirements. We aimed to find out and compare the characteristics and successes of two different sustainable business cases in healthcare delivery from an innovation-driven, organizational perspective.

Subject and methods

The data for the two cases were collected through structured literature research as well as personal interviews with the founders of the two healthcare business models. Data were analyzed using the business model canvas as a structured framework, as well as by cross-case analysis.

Results

The two business models operate successfully, but pursue different approaches to healthcare innovation. We were able to show that one model pursues a very complex, network-based approach that is focused on one specific rural region, while the structure of the other is characterized by a scalable concept. In addition, we observed that the founders had a decisive influence on the development and success of the healthcare business models.

Conclusion

Our study highlights the multitude of complex relationships required to build and establish innovative and successful business models for providing high-quality and cost-effective services in two of the world’s largest healthcare systems. Moreover, it could be shown that the business model canvas offers a suitable methodological framework to compare and analyze in a structured manner the extent to which innovative care approaches also require an economically successful and sustainable business model. Results give a holistic, structured description of specific organizational features and environments, whch can then serve decision-makers in health and health economics as lessons learned and aid them in decision-making.

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Titel: How social business innovates health care: two cases of social value creation leading to high-quality services
Autoren:: Sabine Bohnet-Joschko
Eugene C. Nelson
Claus Zippel
Tamara S. Morgan
John Øvretveit
Publikationsdatum: 12.02.2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-019-01026-y
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Zeitschrift: Journal of Public Health From Theory to Practice
Print ISSN: 2198-1833
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-2238