ABSTRACT
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have experienced a general push toward the introduction of digital innovative solutions across all stages of the patient treatment process. These solutions range from internet- or phone-based health monitoring, through the use of digital solutions in diagnostics and treatment to digital transformation of healthcare governance or digitalization within the pharmaceutical sector. Digitalization also occurs in the area of medical research and teaching, which may affect people’s health in the long run.
This book analyzes various digital health issues through their economic perspectives. Having examined the nature of digital health innovation, the authors explain that the concept of digital health innovation is grounded in the economics of innovation, with radical and incremental innovations related to product and business processes at its core.
Furthermore, the book contains diverse pieces of empirical evidence showing how digital technologies, and digital innovative solutions, in particular, have been changing the landscape of health systems. A variety of real-life examples of different digital transformations are taken from the United States (US) and the European Union (EU), with particular focus on Poland as a case study of an EU member state that provides new insights into the digitalization of health systems.
