全文截稿: 2021-08-31
影响因子: 5.25
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A "meet-the-editor" session has been organized during the "Competitive Renaissance through Digital Transformation conference," which will take place at the University of Pavia, February, 18th-19th 2021, in Pavia, Italy. More information about the conference can be found on the conference website: http://digitaltransfconference.unipv.it/
In the last decade, healthcare sectors in many countries have needed to introduce new practices, cope with increasing demand and operate with more stringent budgets
Healthcare organizations are seeking to provide care in better ways using different medical, organisational and structural approaches; often, these are facilitated and sometimes induced by digital technologies. Significant changes have been achieved despite tightening budget constraints and increasing operational demand. A range of effects can be observed at several levels and with intended and unintended benefits and consequences. Examples include changes in preventative strategies, consultative methods and diagnostic procedures; higher levels of patient engagement and involvement; remote advisory and treatment systems, for medical team collaboration and home-based patients; keeping track of patient history and easier access to data.
Additionally, during 2020, the world had to face a global health crisis, the COVID-19 related pandemic. The COVID crisis pushed even more healthcare ecosystems worldwide to rethink their glocal strategies, moving from resilience to anti-fragility (Cobianchi, Dal Mas, et al., 2020; Cobianchi, Pugliese, et al., 2020). Healthcare ecosystems involve a wide number of actors (patients, doctors, nurses, companies and government bodies, suppliers etc..) who, as active parts of the ecosystem are pressed from the resolution of global challenges, generating novel knowledge with external actors, like universities, research centres, industries, policymakers, NGOs and public institutions among others (Secundo et al., 2019)
The unpredictable and rapid adoption of digital technologies can support the response and management to the global health challenges and, at the same time, it is generating novel strategic and innovation frameworks in the healthcare ecosystem (Ienca and Vayena, 2020; Keesara et al., 2020). While the digital revolution has started to reshape the corporate sector several years ago (Elia et al., 2020; Rippa and Secundo, 2019), the development in the healthcare sector has yet to be fully explored (Wang et al., 2020). In the last years, digitalization has opened up fascinating innovation opportunities for institutions and organizations operating in the healthcare sector (Cohen et al., 2017; Nambisan, 2017; Ramaswamy andñ& Ozcan, 2018; Yoo et al., 2010). For instance, new operating robots and tools allow surgery to be safer and better planned, leading to a better outcome for all the stakeholders, from the patient to the operator (surgeon), from the hospital or clinic to the whole society. Automation and 3D printing are making available disposals for patient caring; big data allows collecting information that can be used both for training new physicians as well as for improving existing healthcare techniques. Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology are allowing continuous interactions among several disposals connected to the patients. AI helps to expedite the development of new vaccines, to predict which public health measures would be most effective, and to keep the public updated with scientific information. The use of big data and AI is useful in managing data and information, assuming sustainable decision-making processes by public and private organizations, institutions, decision-makers and policymakers. Digitally enhanced healthcare and medicine will have the potential to empower individuals to be more directly informed about their care and to become responsible in facing these global challenges (Bardhan et al., 2020; Shu Wei Ting et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2020).
However, the organization of the healthcare ecosystem appears different across the globe. Healthcare organizations are moving at different speeds, depending on the country they work in, legal frameworks, political agenda, individual organization, role within the ecosystem, budgets. Goals of digital transformation also look various: from enhancing patient-centricity in hospitals and improving workforce conditions to new ways of care, for instance, remote monitoring by leveraging cloud computing and the Internet of Things.
Digitalization must be able to support the development of new medical practices, adapting and evolving according to the needs. New approaches must be developed, for example, fostering the ability to quickly implement innovative solutions and frameworks to face global health management. More in general, new techniques are required not only to ensure better care and working conditions for healthcare professionals but also to contain fake news that encourages reckless and dangerous behaviours in the population. The development of worldwide challenges requires new needs of communication among scientists, computational power, big data analysis to improve public health and resource allocation, in public health ethics (Angelos, 2020). In all, more than ever before, the digitization in healthcare impacts on internal procedures (Sousa et al., 2019), including team management, and the relationships with stakeholders reporting and accountability, especially for those healthcare organizations belonging to the public sector.
In this special issue, we would like to explore the potential applications of novel digital technologies (such as IoT, big-data analytics, AI, robotics, the blockchain, additive manufacturing, and cybersecurity) to enhance the traditional public-health strategies for supporting the development of an anti-fragile healthcare sector, for innovating the healthcare ecosystem, also tackling health crisis management.
Theoretical, as well as practical contributions, ranging from the fields of innovation management, engineering, information technology, organization science, economics and management, medical and social sciences among the others, are invited to this special issue.
Potential issues include, but are not limited to:
digital transformation of the healthcare industry;
process and product healthcare innovation based on new digital technologies;
social innovations and non-economic benefit for patients, healthcare professionals, and the society;
technological trends and breakthroughs for disruptive innovation in healthcare;
new product development and commercialization of healthcare devices and solutions;
management of technology-intense entrepreneurial ventures in the healthcare sector;
exploring the rise of emerging platform ecosystems in the healthcare industry;
effective or non-effective management of digital innovation in healthcare;
