Multiple-Choice Questions
1. If it is possible to test a patient already in an ambulance, before arrival at the hospital,
which type of innovation is this?
A. User-driven innovation
B. Paradigm change
C. Point-of-care diagnostics
D. Paradigm shift
2. Which information is NOT provided by Gartner’s hype cycle for someone who is interested
in future technology developments?
A. A neutral, free and broad overview of interesting upcoming technologies
B. Understand the development phase in which technologies currently are
C. Estimation when the technology could be ‘ripe’
D. A set of potentially interesting application areas for this technology
3. What exactly is the dilemma in the “Health Tech Dilemma”?
A. Which choice should be made for the earning model
B. The question of which actor(s) to involve first
C. To involve or not to involve the government
D. How to find the right form of funding
4. If you give your customers an opportunity to rent (instead of buying) a medical device for a
limited period, which adoption factor are you using?
A. Observability
B. Trialability
C. Complexity
D. Relative advantage
5. What is Atun’s approach to reduce policy resistance towards health system change?
A. Actor analysis
B. Stakeholder analysis
C. A holistic approach
D. Start with patient needs
6. What does Birk Frankvoort mean as he talks about “misallocation of [ financial] resources”
in Dutch health care?
A. The government should spend more on healthcare
B. The government should spend more on innovation
C. The government should spend more on prevention
D. The government should spend more on life quality
7. Which search strategy would you use for an innovation in an existing market, but using a
brand new technology?
A. Invest in the R&D department
B. Involve stakeholders
C. Start in fringe and bottom markets
D. Involve suppliers
1. If it is possible to test a patient already in an ambulance, before arrival at the hospital,
which type of innovation is this?
A. User-driven innovation
B. Paradigm change
C. Point-of-care diagnostics
D. Paradigm shift
2. Which information is NOT provided by Gartner’s hype cycle for someone who is interested
in future technology developments?
A. A neutral, free and broad overview of interesting upcoming technologies
B. Understand the development phase in which technologies currently are
C. Estimation when the technology could be ‘ripe’
D. A set of potentially interesting application areas for this technology
3. What exactly is the dilemma in the “Health Tech Dilemma”?
A. Which choice should be made for the earning model
B. The question of which actor(s) to involve first
C. To involve or not to involve the government
D. How to find the right form of funding
4. If you give your customers an opportunity to rent (instead of buying) a medical device for a
limited period, which adoption factor are you using?
A. Observability
B. Trialability
C. Complexity
D. Relative advantage
5. What is Atun’s approach to reduce policy resistance towards health system change?
A. Actor analysis
B. Stakeholder analysis
C. A holistic approach
D. Start with patient needs
6. What does Birk Frankvoort mean as he talks about “misallocation of [ financial] resources”
in Dutch health care?
A. The government should spend more on healthcare
B. The government should spend more on innovation
C. The government should spend more on prevention
D. The government should spend more on life quality
7. Which search strategy would you use for an innovation in an existing market, but using a
brand new technology?
A. Invest in the R&D department
B. Involve stakeholders
C. Start in fringe and bottom markets
D. Involve suppliers
