Viewpoints about 'Healthcare'

Innovation Agility in Healthcare Part 3

Clarify Understanding of Product Data

May 21st, 2012 | by Andrew Nygard

With an increasingly complex regulatory environment, healthcare execs are looking for ways to innovate faster so they can cope with changes and compete. The third step for forward thinking healthcare payors is gaining a clear understanding of product data. Read More

Topics: Andrew Nygard, Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare Product Innovation, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare Research

Innovation Agility in Healthcare Part 2

Increasing Development Capability

April 24th, 2012 | by Andrew Nygard

As market, strategic and regulatory priorities shift, a clear decision-making and review process increases nimbleness and ability to compete. The next step for forward-thinking healthcare payors is building agile product development capabilities. Read More

Topics: Andrew Nygard, Drew Nygard, Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare Product Innovation, Healthcare Reform, Heatlhcare Product Development

Innovation Agility in Healthcare Part 1

Improve Strategic Alignment

April 10th, 2012 | by Andrew Nygard

Healthcare payors face an increasingly complex environment. Regulatory-driven restructuring, pricing and efficiency pressures from Medicare, self-insured corporations, and emerging and disruptive business models all combine to create an eerie projection of the future, not unlike the wild, wild west.¹ In response, healthcare executives and product development professionals are grappling with the question – “Can we innovate fast enough to compete?” Read More

Topics: Andrew Nygard, Drew Nygard, Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare Product Innovation, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare Research, Heatlhcare Product Development, Innovation

Healthcare Product Innovation: Key Trends and Success Factors

March 5th, 2012 | by Andrew Nygard

In 2011, Kalypso conducted a survey assessing how market factors drive the need for healthcare payors and providers to innovate their products. We asked them to identify the most pressing market factors, assess innovation capability and identify barriers to bringing innovation to market. These are our take-aways. Read More

Topics: Andrew Nygard, Drew Nygard, Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare Product Innovation, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare Research, Innovating Healthcare, Innovation, IP, NPD, Pipeline and Portfolio Management, Pipeline Management, Portfolio Management, Product Data Management, Product Development, Product Innovation, Strategy

Maximizing Profit Capture for Medical Device Manufacturers

Gain control over your pricing strategies, value stories, and profit visibility

April 20th, 2011 | by Phil Holladay, PROS Pricing

This paper explores the implications of challenges in the medical device industry and the four essential strategies required to gain control over pricing processes, define product value, and increase profit visibility. Read More

Topics: Healthcare, Medical Device, Medical Device Innovation, Medical Device Manufacturers, Medical Device Manufacturing, Medical Device Pricing, Medical Device White Paper, Price Strategy, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Tom Monheim, Value, Value Capture, Value Creation, Value Management, Value Maps

Healthcare Reform and Innovation

Get Ready for Change

February 15th, 2011 | by Andrew Nygard

Healthcare Reform is underway in the United States. The pace promises to be rapid and the economic and societal trends are complex. To survive, healthcare organizations must increase focus and investment in strategic agility, organizational innovation and core product development competencies. Read More

Topics: Healthcare, Innovation, IP, NPD, Pipeline and Portfolio Management, Pipeline Management, Portfolio Management, Product Data Management, Product Development, Product Innovation, Strategy

Achieving Unified Product Development and Commercial Launch

Four Leading Practices for Healthcare Product Companies

September 29th, 2010 | by Greg Adkins

Many healthcare product companies today struggle to drive effective collaboration across functions in product development and launch. If marketing and R&D can’t work together internally, how can we expect them to effectively collaborate with external partners in a more advanced and open development process? Read More

Topics: Collaboration, Commercialization, Greg Adkins, Healthcare, Marketing, Perspective, Phase-Gate, Portfolio Management, PPM, PPM Software, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Launch, R&D, R&D Leadership, R&D Management, Roadmap, Roadmapping

Client Snapshot: 5 Practices for Successful Co-Development

April 28th, 2010 | by Noel Sobelman | 1 comment

Moving away from DIY (“do it yourself”) innovation and collaborating with development partners outside an organization’s four walls is nothing new. Today’s companies are proactively teaming up with customers, suppliers, and universities to develop new products and solutions, and this trend is continuing to grow.  However, too many companies are approaching this “co-development” with an ad hoc or opportunistic approach, and as a result, are only achieving pockets of success. Read More

Topics: Co-Development, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Cooperative Development, Healthcare, Innovation, Perspective, Quality Management, R&D, Supply Chain