Jason N Itri1, David H Ballard2, Stamatis Kantartzis3, Joseph C Sullivan4, Jeffery A Weisman2, Daniel J Durand5, Sayed Ali6, Akash P Kansagra7. 1. Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 234 Goodman Street ML 0761, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0761. Electronic address: Jason.Itri@UCHealth.com. 2. Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport, Louisiana; Louisiana State University Health School of Medicine, Shreveport, Louisiana. 3. Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 4. Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 5. Evolent Health, Arlington, Virginia. 6. Department of Radiology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 7. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Abstract
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Innovation and entrepreneurship in health care can help solve the current health care crisis by creating products and services that improve quality and convenience while reducing costs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To effectively drive innovation and entrepreneurship within the current health care delivery environment, academic institutions will need to provide education, promote networking across disciplines, align incentives, and adapt institutional cultures. This article provides a general review of entrepreneurship and commercialization from the perspective of academic radiology departments, drawing on information sources in several disciplines including radiology, medicine, law, and business. CONCLUSIONS: Our review will discuss the role of universities in supporting academic entrepreneurship, identify drivers of entrepreneurship, detail opportunities for academic radiologists, and outline key strategies that foster greater involvement of radiologists in entrepreneurial efforts and encourage leadership to embrace and support entrepreneurship.
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Innovation and entrepreneurship in health care can help solve the current health care crisis by creating products and services that improve quality and convenience while reducing costs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To effectively drive innovation and entrepreneurship within the current health care delivery environment, academic institutions will need to provide education, promote networking across disciplines, align incentives, and adapt institutional cultures. This article provides a general review of entrepreneurship and commercialization from the perspective of academic radiology departments, drawing on information sources in several disciplines including radiology, medicine, law, and business. CONCLUSIONS: Our review will discuss the role of universities in supporting academic entrepreneurship, identify drivers of entrepreneurship, detail opportunities for academic radiologists, and outline key strategies that foster greater involvement of radiologists in entrepreneurial efforts and encourage leadership to embrace and support entrepreneurship.
Authors: Maria Jacobs; Liesbeth Boersma; Frits V Merode; Andre Dekker; Frank Verhaegen; Luc Linden; Philippe Lambin Journal: Br J Radiol Date: 2016-08 Impact factor: 3.039