Innovation in health-care companies : a strategy to increase customer service productivity
Claudio Miraldo, Sonia Francisca Monken, Lara Motta and Ana Freitas Ribeiro
Purpose To promote access to their services, health-care companies provide various communication channels to their customers (beneficiaries) to enable the receipt of requests, such as authorization for examinations, procedures and hospitalizations. Under the approach of innovation studies, the management of customer relationship channels for health-care companies is characterized as a knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS). The purpose of this study is presenting innovation as a strategy to increase customer service productivity, as well as the monitoring of the quality of the service, the generation of health information for beneficiaries and compliance with the regulation set by the Brazilian National Health Agency (ANS). Design/methodology/approach The study is characterized as an applied research, as it proposes solutions to problems faced by supplemental health-care companies using the strategy of action research, i.e. an independent, social research with an empirical basis. Findings The result of this study shows that a computerized health-care system can increase productivity by 21.96%, and it presents an innovative solution for health-care companies to guarantee the process of meeting the demands and requests of their beneficiaries, ensuring the compliance with ANS regulations. Practical implications These results can be replicated to other healthcare companies and contribute to those seeking innovation, increased productivity and quality improvements in their services. Originality/value This work was also motivated by the lack of lstudies in the areas of health-care companies in Brazil.
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2019
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Authors: | Miraldo, Claudio ; Monken, Sonia Francisca ; Motta, Lara ; Ribeiro, Ana Freitas |
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Innovation & management review. - Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 2515-8961, ZDB-ID 2953957-2. - Vol. 16.2019, 4, p. 344-356
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Subject: | Innovation | Workflow | Healthcare companies | Intensive services in knowledge,Private healthcare | Privater Haushalt | Household | Gesundheitsversorgung | Health care | Gesundheitswesen | Health care system | Kundenservice | Customer service | Innovationsmanagement | Innovation management | Wissensmanagement | Knowledge management | Dienstleistungsqualität | Service quality | Produktentwicklung | New product development |
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Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.1108/INMR-04-2019-0041 [DOI] hdl:10419/231616 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012128750
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