摘要：Patient@home was the largest Danish project within health andwelfare technology. The aim was to support the health and care sectorwith innovative technologies to meet the increasing demands of anaging and more chronically ill population. The underlying hypothesiswas that the increased use of technology could help minimize hospitaladmissions in both number and duration. New technologies enablecarefully selected groups of patients to stay longer in their ownhomes to the benefit of both patients (and their relatives) andthe health and care sectors. A unique ecosystem for the development,assessment, and testing of health and welfare technology was developed,refined and matured from 2012 to 2018. The ecosystem covered theentire value chain from research to implementation; it had a broadnational coverage and an international outreach with more than 100partners (including 66 private companies). The ecosystem provideda set of services that supported knowledge and evidence based developmentand assessment. Numerous contributing partners were aligned to eachfocus on what they do best. A “best practice” method for successfulproduct and service development was established based on examination ofsuccessful projects in the portfolio. The ecosystem deployed specializedmethods for technology assessment and smart innovation management.
