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The innovation processes of Health IT are characterized by a high inertia regarding IT-adoption. A major reason is the costly implementation of the IT infrastructure for new IT-based care scenarios. Particularly for resident practitioners, the efforts are too cost- and time-consuming. This results in a gap between the expected value of eHealth and the intention to adopt ICT in the healthcare sector. A common model which allows an easier allocation of ICT solutions is to create a platform for eHealth services. Beyond the technical basis, platforms establish market functions for eHealth services. Their aim is to overcome traditional monopolistic and isolated solutions by providing a component based service architecture. However, for the healthcare sector, it remains unclear how these artifacts can foster the creation of integrated care information systems. Addressing this gap, we present design principles for platform construction by the mean of a descriptive case study.

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Aug 10th, 12:00 AM

Revise your eHealth-Platform! – Design Principles for a Descriptive Case Study

The innovation processes of Health IT are characterized by a high inertia regarding IT-adoption. A major reason is the costly implementation of the IT infrastructure for new IT-based care scenarios. Particularly for resident practitioners, the efforts are too cost- and time-consuming. This results in a gap between the expected value of eHealth and the intention to adopt ICT in the healthcare sector. A common model which allows an easier allocation of ICT solutions is to create a platform for eHealth services. Beyond the technical basis, platforms establish market functions for eHealth services. Their aim is to overcome traditional monopolistic and isolated solutions by providing a component based service architecture. However, for the healthcare sector, it remains unclear how these artifacts can foster the creation of integrated care information systems. Addressing this gap, we present design principles for platform construction by the mean of a descriptive case study.