title: Building a Culture of Health Informatics Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A New Frontier.
abstract: Entrepreneurship and innovation within the health informatics (HI) scientific community are relatively sluggish when compared to other disciplines such as computer science and engineering. Healthcare in general, and specifically, the health informatics scientific community needs to embrace more innovative and entrepreneurial practices. In this paper, we explore the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship as they apply to the health informatics scientific community. We also outline several strategies to improve the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the health informatics scientific community such as: (I) incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship in health informatics education; (II) creating strong linkages with industry and healthcare organizations; (III) supporting national health innovation and entrepreneurship competitions; (IV) creating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within healthcare organizations; (V) developing health informatics policies that support innovation and entrepreneurship based on internationally recognized standards; and (VI) develop an health informatics entrepreneurship ecosystem. With these changes, we conclude that embracing health innovation and entrepreneurship may be more readily accepted over the long-term within the health informatics scientific community.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mowafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Househ
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Riyad
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alshammari
authors.affiliation: Takween Tech, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almutairi
authors.affiliation: King Saud University, Medical Informatics and eElearingUnit, Medical Education Department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Amr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.affiliation: Microsoft Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Saleh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alshoaib
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D011050:Policy Making; D012529:Saudi Arabia