This monograph suggests among other findings, that e-health in its true sense can become fair and efficient if and only if a regulatory body concerned assumes responsibility as the custodian of its citizens' health information so that 'collaboration for value' will replace 'competition for revenue'.
- Inform policy makers and analysts about transformations and disruptions taking place in health care.
- Introduce tools for evidence-based validation of value-creation strategies in the digital health ecosystem.
- Disseminate the results of a multi-site, longitudinal research.
Felix Lena Stephanie has a PhD in information studies from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She has over 25 years total work experience spanning the areas of marketing research, consultancy, information technology, teaching and training. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM), she has successfully managed several research and IT projects in her career. As a project management instructor, she has trained thousands of mid to senior level managers from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Lena is currently a Director at Knowledge Allies Pte Ltd, a project management training and consultancy fimr and also lectures at Nanyang Technological University and SP Jain School of Global Management, Singapore.
Ravi S. Sharma is a Professor of Technological Innovation at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates and Founding Director of the Centre for Inclusive Digital Enterprise - CeIDE. He received his BSc (Com Sci, Math & Econ) from Brandon, MSc (Com Sci) from Regina and PhD (Management Sciences) from Waterloo. His teaching, consulting and research interests are in digital platforms and eco-systems; typically using action design research on use-cases of digital transformations to develop lessons learnt and best practices. Ravi is a Senior Scholar of the Association of Information Systems, Fellow of the Institution for Engineering & Technology and a Chartered Engineer (UK).
1. Introduction to Digital Health 2. An Overview of Emerging Digital Health Informatics* 3. Review of Key Concepts and Methodology 4. Conceptual Model of E-Health Eco-System 5. Within-Case Analysis of Singapore's NEHR 6. Within-Case Analysis of the US' Hitech 7. Cross-case Analysis and Findings 8. Discussion and Conclusions