Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Mar 29, 2019
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 1, 2019 - May 27, 2019
Date Accepted: Mar 23, 2020
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Smart, remote, and precise healthcare facilitating through connected health: A qualitative study.
ABSTRACT
Background:
As our society is progressively ageing and the impact of this is felt worldwide, research into connected health (CH) is becoming essential. CH is accelerating future healthcare to be more proactive, preventive, and targeted. Not only has great value been shown in the management of chronic diseases (CDs), but tremendous progress is also demonstrated in applications preventing CDs which create a huge burden to society. CD is a promising solution to ageing-associated disease and societal challenges, although barriers still need to be overcome.
Objective:
To identify how healthcare can be managed in more comprehensive ways: remote, smart, and precise.
Methods:
A qualitative approach was used based on 60 multi-stage, semi-structured stakeholder interviews to explore the unknown and obtain insights.
Results:
The interviews enabled the authors to develop a stakeholder classification and interaction diagram. These stakeholders sequentially interacted to provide technology-based content to end-users. Three innovation strategies [12] are discussed to reflect the manner in which remote, smart, and precise healthcare can be met through the CH platform.
Conclusions:
The findings indicated that innovation strategies will be beneficial to leverage the required resources for the implementation of CH. Moreover, continually revisiting business models is essential, given the ongoing technology changes across CH stakeholder groupings. Trends toward remote, smart, and precise healthcare shape what individuals expect from products and services, providing firms unique opportunities for growth. As long as suitable strategies are applied to reflect how people perceive the world around them, these will inspire implementations for strategic success.
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