Clusters in the Development of Innovations in Healthcare

Infrastructure plays a key role in the socioeconomic development of society. Societies, in which the development of infrastructure does not meet the trend of economic development, have a slower socioeconomic development and lower living standards. The development of infrastructure creates the basis for economic growth, increased investment and efficient use of resources, and has a positive impact on improving the living standards of the population and on solving social problems. The use of clusters, which are the regions’ economic management system that meets the social needs of the population, especially in healthcare, gives positive outcomes. Modernisation of the healthcare system, better quality and accessibility of medical services, preparedness for emergencies and flexibility create new duties for the system participants. To achieve the goals, a medical cluster is required to increase the innovative potential of medical institutions and the quality of their services, to create favourable conditions for their activities. The state should perform the functions of management and regulation by applying standards that will ensure flexibility and fairness in addressing theoretical and practical issues in the creation of a system for managing the development of market infrastructure. The article provides a brief description of the goals and objectives of clusters and their role in the development of innovations in the healthcare sector and analyses the integration of science, education, medical organisations and business for the creation of territorial clusters. The focus of the study is on the role of infrastructure in the formation of clusters. The article gives proposals for developing and increasing the role of clusters created in the field of medicine to solve existing social problems, especially in the field of healthcare. The material of the study was scientific books and articles on infrastructure, clusters, medical clusters. The research methods were systematic and comparative analysis, logical generalisation, statistical grouping, etc. The development of the infrastructure can solve important socioeconomic problems: reduce the total costs of cluster participants, increase the investment attractiveness of the cluster and its individual participants, use resources positively through the joint application of medical equipment and technologies, ensure the quality and accessibility of medical care, develop competitive environment, etc.

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