Healthcare innovation team during a working session

Our Process Healthcare Innovation

ENGAGING WITH HEALTHCARE INNOVATION

The Healthcare Innovation Team engages with partners in a variety of ways. Our process is designed to match our capabilities to your needs in order to maximize results. Here are four of the most common ways we can engage with you and your organization.  

DEVELOPING A FOUNDATION THROUGH EMPATHY

Combining internal and external stakeholder research with market assessments, we gain a full understanding of the problem and the components that are needed to provide an effective solution. 

ACTIVITIES

  • Facilitated kick-off
  • Stakeholder research
  • Competitive market research

OUTCOMES

  • Opportunity assessment 
  • Stakeholder insights 
  • Market assessment

EXPLORING CONCEPTS

During collaborative ideation sessions, we explore and evaluate possible approaches. We test and refine those concepts until we reach a proposed solution.

ACTIVITIES

  • Ideation sessions 
  • Concept testing 
  • Concept iteration

OUTCOMES

  • Preliminary solution requirements 
  • Concept prototypes 
  • Competitive landscape review

REFINING CONCEPTS

We validate the proposed solution, refine the details, and propose the design for a prototype or pilot. 

ACTIVITIES

  • Selection of MPV solution attributes 
  • Business model design

OUTCOMES

  • Testable solution prototype
  • Solution refinement
  • Prototype plan

EXPERIMENT-BASED PILOTS

We provide initial market testing of solutions using design methodology.

ACTIVITIES

  • Pilot coordination
  • Pilot kickoff

OUTCOMES

  • MVP functional solution
  • Pilot study design

GET IN TOUCH WITH HEALTHCARE INNOVATION

To speak to the Healthcare Innovation Team about your next project, email us at: pamela.j.johnson@medtronic.com.