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The Challenges To Deliver Digital Health Solutions From Idea To Implementation: Pharma models

Updated: Jan 9


The Challenges To Deliver Digital Health Solutions From Idea To Implementation by Atif Elahi


Problem archetypes

 

  • Siloed business functions supporting long established process

  • Molecule first – overlooks user needs/usability

  • Insensitivity to new business models

 

 

Need to treat dh like products – launch, support marketing

 

 

  • Cross functional teams

  • Digital first min set– treat as core

  • Digital procurement team – finding, evaluating and onboarding tech partners

  • Real world validation hub – test sites (RWE)

 

 

Models:

 

  • Hub & Spoke (Small central team that sets strategy that work with other teams to adapt to local markets – consistency and alignment). Communication and managment

  • DH Centre of excellence (team with pharma and digital backgrounds) – can feel very separate – challenge is integrating this into main business

  • Integrated intermolecule business – DH expertise into pre-existing teams. DH gets lost in the shuffle. Need to change in work way of

  • Outsourced:

 

 

Consider:

  • Speed vs alignment – speed = HnS – align – COE

  • Build vs partner: Control and development vs speed, IP

  • Centralsied vs decentralised – where decision making power is.

  • Independence vs interdependence (separate team or integrated team – independence gives speed but integration?)

  • Sho0rt term roi VS Long term value building

  • Generic model vs specific

  • Direct impact vs indirect impact



Strategy - long term vision

Where's the focus


Execution models - trade offs



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