This research was aimed at developing the “Digital Health Observatory Maturity Model for Telemedicine Services” (DHO-TeleMM), as a tool for the implementation and improvement processes of telemedicine services. The model adopts a sociotechnical perspective, assuming that the technical and social elements of a system are interdependent and should be considered in a holistic manner to […]
A sustainable healthcare system requires moving assistance from the hospitals to patients’ homes. This new model of care requires the home care organizations to review the role of home care professionals. This change of work practice is particularly relevant for nurses that are a key figures in the process of value co-creation. To support healthcare […]
This study discusses the main findings from a systematic literature review about Big Data and analytics in the healthcare field. Although the use of Big Data in healthcare is emerging as fashionable research topic, policy-makers and healthcare professionals still struggle on how to unfold the potential value locked in Big Data. In fact, despite the […]
Purpose – Health policy-makers are increasingly promoting programs that embed cost-opportunity logics. Their implementation requires the mobilization and exploitation of expert knowledge controlled by professionals dispersed in the territory, unaccustomed to share/integrate their knowledge with others, and sometimes adversary to cost-opportunity logics. The success and viability of these programs thus depends on experts’ commitment to […]