ABSTRACT

Healthcare systems globally are grappling with how best to implement effective and efficient patient-centred care while simultaneously trying to contain runaway costs and provide high quality. This book explores the essential enabling role of digital health, taking a socio-technical perspective and looking at the key facets of technology, people and process in turn.

This book examines the opportunities of key digital health components, demystifying digital health and demonstrating how to use its key precepts effectively. The book presents evidence and anecdotes from stakeholders around the world, demonstrating the global relevance and the ability of digital health to uplift and upskill care delivery as it is applied commercially. Bridging academic theory and practice, this is a functional and accessible text for all digital health stakeholders.

The text introduces critical issues and is suitable reading for students, practitioners and researchers in digital health and all healthcare-related domains.

part Section I|84 pages

The Fundamentals

chapter 1|26 pages

The Evolution and Rise of Digital Health

chapter 2|27 pages

The Technology Side of Digital Health

chapter 3|13 pages

The People Side of Digital Health

chapter 4|16 pages

The Process Side of Digital Health

part Section II|76 pages

Technology Considerations

part Section III|66 pages

The People Considerations

chapter 10|16 pages

User Adoption and Satisfaction

One Size Does Not Fit All

chapter 11|15 pages

Agency Theory and Stakeholders

The Power–Knowledge Dichotomy

part Section IV|61 pages

The Process Considerations

chapter 14|19 pages

Process Flow, Six Sigma and TQM

chapter 15|13 pages

Risk Management and Cyber Security

chapter 16|13 pages

Network-Centric Healthcare

part Section V|7 pages

Putting It All Together