Removing barriers for digital health through organizing ambidexterity in hospitals.

Aim: Hospitals noticeably struggle with maintaining hundreds of IT systems and applications in compliance with the latest IT standards and regulations. Thus, hospitals search for efficient opportunities to discover and integrate useful digital health innovations into their existing IT landscapes. In...

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Publicado en:Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 21 - 36
Autores principales: Gleiss, Alexander, Lewandowski, Stefanie
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2022
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          Gleiss, Alexander
          Lewandowski, Stefanie
        affil: University of Potsdam, August-Bebel-Str. 89, 14482, Potsdam, Germany
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        Hospitals
        Privacy
        Focus groups
        Interviewing
        Organizational change
        Qualitative research
        Medical ethics
        Diffusion of innovations
        Digital technology
        Systematic reviews
        Research methodology
        Organizational structure
        Research funding
        Data security
        Hospital information systems
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          Hospitals
          Privacy
          Focus groups
          Interviewing
          Organizational change
          Qualitative research
          Medical ethics
          Diffusion of innovations
          General (except paediatric) hospitals
          General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
          Computer systems design and related services (except video game design and development)
          Other Computer Related Services
          Digital technology
          Systematic reviews
          Research methodology
          Organizational structure
          Research funding
          Data security
          Hospital information systems
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        Digital health
        Digital innovation
        Hospital innovation
        Innovation barriers
        Organizational ambidexterity
        Digital health
        Digital innovation
        Hospital innovation
        Innovation barriers
        Organizational ambidexterity
      ab: Aim: Hospitals noticeably struggle with maintaining hundreds of IT systems and applications in compliance with the latest IT standards and regulations. Thus, hospitals search for efficient opportunities to discover and integrate useful digital health innovations into their existing IT landscapes. In addition, although a multitude of digital innovations from digital health startups enter the market, numerous barriers impede their successful implementation and adoption. Against this background, the aim of this study was to explore typical digital innovation barriers in hospitals, and to assess how a hospital data management platform (HDMP) architecture might help hospitals to extract such innovative capabilities. Subject and methods: Based on the concept of organizational ambidexterity (OA), we pursued a qualitative mixed-methods approach. First, we explored and consolidated innovation barriers through a systematic literature review, interviews with 20 startup representatives, and a focus group interview with a hospital IT team and the CEO of an HDMP provider. Finally, we conducted a case-study analysis of 36 digital health startups to explore and conceptualize the potential impact of DI and apply the morphological method to synthesize our findings from a multi-level perspective. Results: We first provide a systematic and conceptual overview of typical barriers for digital innovation in hospitals. Hereupon, we explain how an HDMP might enable hospitals to mitigate such barriers and extract value from digital innovations at both individual and organizational level. Conclusion: Our results imply that an HDMP can help hospitals to approach organizational ambidexterity through integrating and maintaining hundreds of systems and applications, which allows for a structured and controlled integration of external digital innovations.
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