Description
In an era of digital transformation within healthcare management, this important book outlines an ecosystem perspective to illustrate how a range of actors can use digital technologies to offer better value within the provision of healthcare services.
From mobile applications to point-of-care diagnostic devices, from AI-enabled applications for data analysis to cloud models for service delivery and blockchain infrastructures, it provides a roadmap for how healthcare organizations can leverage these digital technologies. The book is also illustrated with case studies from different areas, including software for medical diagnostics, blockchain infrastructures for use in pharmaceutical supply chains and clinical trials, and federated learning platforms for genomics.
Covering key issues such as patients’ rights to data and written in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the book will be essential reading for researchers, postgraduate students, and professionals interested in how technology can support and enable healthcare service provision.
Table of Contents
PART 1. SETTING THE SCENE: THE HEALTHCARE CONTEXT. 1.Disruption and Digital Transformation in Healthcare. 2.Complexity in Healthcare Services. 3.Organizational Change and Digital Maturity. PART 2.DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ACROSS HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEMS. 4.An Ecosystem Approach to Digital Transformation. 5.Blockchain Infrastructures in Healthcare. 6.Cloud Computing and Federated Learning Infrastructures. PART 3.GENERATIVE TRANSFORMATION, THE RACE TO TECH ARMS AND REGULATION. 7.Generative Transformation and Regulatory Challenges.
