Theme 4: Ecosystem Supports
Identifying the mHealth and eHealth ecosystem building blocks
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Lead:
Chad Saunders
Co-Leads:
Philip Piercy, Taoting Li
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INNOVATION STAGE
Exploration
Health Innovation Focus
Health Technology Innovation & Commercialization
Population and Setting
Innovators and Support Providers
Technology and Intervention
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BENEFITS
For Users
A more efficient ecosystem for eHealth and mHealth innovation in Alberta will promote efficient use of resources (time, money, etc.)
For The System
A thriving innovation ecosystem will support the uptake and adoption of digital health care technologies into practice
Project Theme Information
Effectively supporting innovators/entrepreneurs requires several challenging steps: identifying the resources available, determining what each innovator needs, matching local resources and innovators to meet those needs, and helping source any gaps
This project aims to help innovators better identify support providers in the ecosystem, select support providers to work with and ultimately access the support they need quicker and more cost-effectively.
The study team has completed over 300 interviews with entreprenaurs in Alberta to better understand factors such as the interplay between the entrepreneur and the support advisor in determining whether the entrepreneur receives the support they need. the dynamic capabilities of intermediaries in facilitating addressing challenges. and barrier especially present for Intersectional entrepreneurs (e.g., women, Indigenous, immigrants) who face multiple sources of discrimination which in the context of entrepreneurial ecosystems leads to differential support being offered or provided.
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