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. 2023 Jan 17:10:892930.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.892930. eCollection 2022.

Co-creation in a digital health living lab: A case study

Theofanis Fotis  1 , Kitty Kioskli  2   3 , Anand Sundaralingam  4 , Amer Fasihi  5 , Haralambos Mouratidis  2
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Co-creation in a digital health living lab: A case study

Theofanis Fotis et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Co-creation in healthcare, especially in developing digital health solutions, has been widely identified as a fundamental principle for person-centered technologies that could accelerate the adaptation of innovation. A Digital Health Living Lab based on community offers a sustainable and real-life environment to ideate, develop, and evaluate digital health solutions addressing the needs of multiple stakeholders. This article presents the experience of the School of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Brighton in establishing a Digital Health Living Lab. In addition, we share a proposed step-by-step approach to establishing such a living lab in the community, supplemented by a case study of product development.

Keywords: co-creation; co-production; digital health; innovation; living lab (LL); living lab approach; living lab design.

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Conflict of interest statement

Author AF is employed by Kraydel Ltd. KK is employed by Trustilio B.V. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Digital health living lab.
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Power/interest matrix of stakeholders.
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Activity tracker.
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Smart glasses.
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Kraydel Konnect first prototype.
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Kraydel Konnect remote control first prototype.
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Co-creation workshop.
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Kraydel Konnect updated version.
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(A, B) Kraydel Konnect current version.
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