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. 2023 Aug;32(1):201-209.
doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768724. Epub 2023 Jul 6.

The Role of Human and Organizational Factors in the Pursuit of One Digital Health

Craig E Kuziemsky  1
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The Role of Human and Organizational Factors in the Pursuit of One Digital Health

Craig E Kuziemsky. Yearb Med Inform. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

Objective: This paper surveys a subset of the 2022 human and organizational factor (HOF) literature to provide guidance on building a One Digital Health ecosystem.

Methods: We searched a subset of journals in PubMed/Medline for studies with "human factors" or "organization" in the title or abstract. Papers published in 2022 were eligible for inclusion in the survey. Selected papers were categorized into structural and behavioural aspects to understand digital health enabled interactions across micro, meso, and macro systems.

Results: Our survey of the 2022 HOF literature showed that while we continue to make meaningful progress at digital health enabled interactions across systems levels, there are still challenges that must be overcome. For example, we must continue to grow the breadth of HOF research beyond individual users and systems to assist with the scale up of digital health systems across and beyond organizations. We summarize the findings by providing five HOF considerations to help build a One Digital Health ecosystem.

Conclusion: One Digital Health challenges us to improve coordination, communication, and collaboration between the health, environmental and veterinary sectors. Doing so requires us to develop both the structural and behavioural capacity of digital health systems at the organizational level and beyond so that we can develop more robust and integrated systems across health, environmental and veterinary sectors. The HOF community has much to offer and must play a leading role in designing a One Digital Health ecosystem.

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Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Conceptual model for analysis of surveyed papers.
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Human and Organizational Factor Considerations to help build a One Digital Health ecosystem.
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