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Informatics and Socio-Technical Challenges when Designing Solutions for Integrated eCare

Informatics and Socio-Technical Challenges when Designing Solutions for Integrated eCare

Sabine Koch, Maria Hägglund, Isabella Scandurra
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781466661387|ISBN10: 1466661380|EISBN13: 9781466661394
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6138-7.ch006
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Koch, Sabine, et al. "Informatics and Socio-Technical Challenges when Designing Solutions for Integrated eCare." Achieving Effective Integrated E-Care Beyond the Silos, edited by Ingo Meyer, et al., IGI Global, 2014, pp. 108-134. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6138-7.ch006

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Koch, S., Hägglund, M., & Scandurra, I. (2014). Informatics and Socio-Technical Challenges when Designing Solutions for Integrated eCare. In I. Meyer, S. Müller, & L. Kubitschke (Eds.), Achieving Effective Integrated E-Care Beyond the Silos (pp. 108-134). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6138-7.ch006

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Koch, Sabine, Maria Hägglund, and Isabella Scandurra. "Informatics and Socio-Technical Challenges when Designing Solutions for Integrated eCare." In Achieving Effective Integrated E-Care Beyond the Silos, edited by Ingo Meyer, Sonja Müller, and Lutz Kubitschke, 108-134. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6138-7.ch006

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Abstract

The central role of eHealth to enable the successful implementation of integrated care is commonly acknowledged today. This is easier said than done. To provide correct, understandable, and timely information at the point of need and to facilitate communication and decision support for a network of actors with different prerequisites and needs are some of the big challenges of integrated care. This book chapter focuses on the specific challenges related to informatics and socio-technical issues when designing solutions for integrated eCare. Methods for requirements elicitation, evaluation, and system development using user-centred design in collaborative environments involving a variety of stakeholders are presented. Case studies in homecare of older patients, in the care of stroke patients, and regarding citizen eHealth services in general illustrate the application of these methods. Possible solutions and pitfalls are discussed based on the experiences drawn from the case studies. To address the main informatics and socio-technical challenges in integrated eCare, namely informatics-supported collaborative work and to provide coordinated continuity for the patient, top-down activities such as health informatics standardisation, and bottom-up activities resulting in the definition of concrete patient journey descriptions, interaction points, information needs (that can be transformed into standardised data sets), as well as visualisation and interaction patterns need to go hand in hand.

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