TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The study aims to provide an exploratory investigation of the magnitude of the customer-centric approach in the specific area of healthcare as a contribution to the scarce and preliminary literature on this topic. In particular, it explores the role of sharing economy-based (SE-based) platforms as an experiential touchpoint to co-create value within different levels. Specifically, the purpose of the study is threefold. First, it aims to address the service experience innovation in healthcare with a customer-centric approach. Second, it seeks to define the role of the SE-based platform as a touchpoint to redefine business processes, and third, it measures the co-created value within the network when redesigning the service experience.Design/methodology/approach To address the research question, the authors proposed an analysis of service innovation and customer centricity in healthcare networks by using the case study of Saluber, an SE-based platform that offers logistics services for non-emergency medical transportation in the Campania region (south of Italy). By using a qualitative approach, the authors analysed primary and secondary data from multiple sources of evidence.Findings The results show that a customer-centric approach based on the SE-based platform can improve the customer experience and help to redesign and expand the business processes of healthcare organisations. A multilevel model demonstrates the possible service innovations that use SE principles that can co-create value for the customer (micro level), for the healthcare network (meso level) and for the community (macro-level).Research limitations/implications This study provides managerial implications for the players who intend to take advantage of the possibilities offered by service innovations developed by the health and social organisations in the network. The SE-based platform helps redefine business processes to improve clinical and financial outcomes and improves the overall customer experience within this network.Originality/value This study allows new and important reflections from ethical, social and managerial points of view and underlines how digital platforms act as a support for healthcare services, not as a substitute.
VL  - 26
IS  - 4
SN  - 1463-7154
DO  - 10.1108/BPMJ-11-2019-0475
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-11-2019-0475
AU  - Schiavone Francesco
AU  - Leone Daniele
AU  - Sorrentino Annarita
AU  - Scaletti Alessandro
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Re-designing the service experience in the value co-creation process: an exploratory study of a healthcare network
T2  - Business Process Management Journal
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 889
EP  - 908
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -