Roadmap to Successful Digital Health Ecosystems

Roadmap to Successful Digital Health Ecosystems: A Global Perspective, Second Edition, explores the transformative integration of digital health technologies to enhance healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of digital health, focusing on next-generation systems and the role of artificial intelligence in creating efficient healthcare ecosystems. The revised content covers topics such as regional implementation experiences, workforce management, and precision healthcare. New chapters highlight advancements in digital health technologies, case studies from Jamaica and Africa, and strategies for addressing fragmentation in healthcare systems. The book emphasizes ethical AI use and proactive, integrated healthcare approaches. For the academic audience, this revision serves as an essential resource, compiling cutting-edge research and practical applications that inform best practices in digital health. It equips researchers, educators, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to navigate the complexities of digital health ecosystems and drive innovation in their fields.

Section 1: Health Ecosystems' Characteristics 1. Establishing the Need for Digital Health Transformation 2. Building Global and National Infrastructures for Digital Health Ecosystems 3. An Evolving Global Leadership Landscape 4. Fragmented Global Digital Health Standards Development Organisations Section 2: Health Data, Information and Knowledge Pipeline 5. Are Professional Guidelines and Regulatory Standards Fit For Purpose? 6. Health Knowledge Management in a Digital World 7. Health Data Supply Chains and Data Governance: Building A Framework for Trust and Efficiency Section 3: New Generation Health Systems: Supporting Artificial Intelligence 8. Transforming Health Ecosystems Through Digital Innovation 9. Digital Health Standards Driving Seamless System Integration 10. The Knowledge Driven Platform: Strategic Technologies for an Open Platform Ecosystem Approach 11. Modeling Clinical Knowledge 12. The Growing Importance of Health Data Standards and Their Limitations 13. Identity and Unique Identifiers: Value, Use and Their Management 14. Health Data Sources and Essential Technology Paradigms 15. Primary Health Reform for the Digital Era 16. Health Data Security & Privacy: Challenges and Solutions for the Future 17. Embracing AI for Precision Healthcare Section 4: Health Workforce, Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes 18. A Health Knowledge and Skill-Based Framework for the Digital Age 19. Digital Upskilling of the Health Workforce 20. Digital Literacy Maturity Section 5: Case Studies 21. Health informatics in the Middle East and North Africa 22. Leading Health Service and Policy Needs: A Community Focused Approach Supporting Public Health 23. A Framework for Regional Health Information Systems Interoperability: AeHIN Experience 24. Catalonia’s Digital Health Strategy: Transforming Vision into Reality 25. Evidence-Based Biomedical Information Systems: The Road Ahead 26. Norway, Sweden & Finland as Forerunners in Open Ecosystems and openEHR 27. Benefits of Using SNOMED CT in the UK NHS 28. Jamaican Follow Up - IS4H in the Caribbean Section 6: Future Vision 29. Addressing transformational change 30. Emerging Digital Health Ecosystem