Patient-innovation.com
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Type of site
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Open database of innovations developed by patients and caregivers |
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| Available in | Multilingual |
| Owner | Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics |
| Created by | Pedro Oliveira |
| Revenue | Non-profit |
| Slogan(s) | Sharing solutions, improving life |
| Website | patient-innovation |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 7 February 2014 |
| Current status | Active |
Patient Innovation is an online platform dedicated to the sharing of solutions developed by individuals afflicted with a health disorder, as well as by their caregivers. The website also provides rating tools and options to report and track modified solutions that these individuals develop.
Patient Innovation started as an academic research project aimed to study user innovation by patients and their non-professional caregivers, funded by The Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), Carnegie-Mellon Portugal Program and Pieter Pribila Foundation. The project was founded by Prof. Pedro Oliveira from Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics.
As one of the project's outcomes, the online platform was launched on February 7, 2014, at an inaugural event in Lisbon, Portugal. The project is supported by a number of distinguished individuals, including Nobel Laureate Sir Richard J. Roberts,Eric von Hippel, Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover, Katherine Strandburg, Robert Langer, and Lee Fleming – who serve on the Advisory Board.
Patient Innovation is institutionally located at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, and is led by Prof. Pedro Oliveira (Catolica-Lisbon) and Prof. Helena Canhão from the University of Lisbon School of Medicine. The project team includes medical doctors from University of Lisbon School of Medicine.
Patient Innovation terms of use include the agreement that users do not include the content that promote "self-mutilation, eating disorders or hard drug abuse". To enforce the terms of service, all the submitted solutions go through a screening by the project's medical team, who check whether for submission complies with the terms and services advertised on the Patient Innovation site. Only the validated solutions are posted on the platform. In 36 months, over 650 solutions developed by patients, (non-professional) caregivers or collaborators from over 50 countries were submitted, curated and shared to improve the lives of many other who struggle with different health conditions.
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