Digital health eco-systems: an epochal review of practice-oriented research

This article describes an epochal review of research literature on practice-oriented digital health ecosystems that have emerged during the period between 1998 and 2018. Practice-orientation refers to efforts that have resulted in positive impact and transformations in the delivery of healthcare. Th...

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Main Authors: Stephanie, Lena, Sharma, Ravi S.
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1649252023-03-05T15:59:12Z Digital health eco-systems: an epochal review of practice-oriented research Stephanie, Lena Sharma, Ravi S. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Business::Information technology Electronic Medical Records Digital Transformation of Healthcare This article describes an epochal review of research literature on practice-oriented digital health ecosystems that have emerged during the period between 1998 and 2018. Practice-orientation refers to efforts that have resulted in positive impact and transformations in the delivery of healthcare. The review is epochal in the sense that there have been 3 major stages of innovation and diffusion in digital health that are identified. The year 1998 was deemed a significant starting point for the literature search because it marked the introduction of the term e-health. The main objective of this review is to track the evolution of digital health and the conspicuous developments in the field - crucial steps to get a grasp of the key issues involving the delivery of healthcare. The article includes a general discussion of these various key issues and sensitizing concepts. The sense-making thus shed some light on the areas of enquiry, which are central to identifying the direction in which the practice of healthcare is headed. These areas of enquiry often referred to as ‘substantive areas’ in qualitative research terminology, were identified as ‘electronic medical records’, ‘health cloud’, ‘data analytics’, ‘Internet-enabled devices’, and other ‘emerging information technologies’. The article concludes with a synthesis of key inferences drawn from the epochal review. The digital disruption of healthcare has created necessary conditions for its offering as a global, interoperable service. Submitted/Accepted version 2023-02-28T03:19:48Z 2023-02-28T03:19:48Z 2020 Journal Article Stephanie, L. & Sharma, R. S. (2020). Digital health eco-systems: an epochal review of practice-oriented research. International Journal of Information Management, 53, 102032-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.10.017 0268-4012 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164925 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.10.017 2-s2.0-85075830385 53 102032 en International Journal of Information Management © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This paper was published in International Journal of Information Management and is made available with permission of Elsevier Ltd. The publisher version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.10.017. application/pdf
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Electronic Medical Records
Digital Transformation of Healthcare
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Electronic Medical Records
Digital Transformation of Healthcare
Stephanie, Lena
Sharma, Ravi S.
Digital health eco-systems: an epochal review of practice-oriented research
description This article describes an epochal review of research literature on practice-oriented digital health ecosystems that have emerged during the period between 1998 and 2018. Practice-orientation refers to efforts that have resulted in positive impact and transformations in the delivery of healthcare. The review is epochal in the sense that there have been 3 major stages of innovation and diffusion in digital health that are identified. The year 1998 was deemed a significant starting point for the literature search because it marked the introduction of the term e-health. The main objective of this review is to track the evolution of digital health and the conspicuous developments in the field - crucial steps to get a grasp of the key issues involving the delivery of healthcare. The article includes a general discussion of these various key issues and sensitizing concepts. The sense-making thus shed some light on the areas of enquiry, which are central to identifying the direction in which the practice of healthcare is headed. These areas of enquiry often referred to as ‘substantive areas’ in qualitative research terminology, were identified as ‘electronic medical records’, ‘health cloud’, ‘data analytics’, ‘Internet-enabled devices’, and other ‘emerging information technologies’. The article concludes with a synthesis of key inferences drawn from the epochal review. The digital disruption of healthcare has created necessary conditions for its offering as a global, interoperable service.
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