Role of Agile in Digital Public Health Transformation
The digitalisation of healthcare, fueled by advances in technology and the COVID-19 pandemic can not only empower equitable access to global expert-level healthcare but also make healthcare more patient-centric. Every digital health solution has one common fundamental component: they all run on comp...
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| description | The digitalisation of healthcare, fueled by advances in technology and the COVID-19 pandemic can not only empower equitable access to global expert-level healthcare but also make healthcare more patient-centric. Every digital health solution has one common fundamental component: they all run on computing platforms and are powered by complex software. Traditional software development life cycles have often failed in designing complex software; consequently, the agile approach was introduced. To assess the role of agile in digital public health transformation, we used the synthetic knowledge synthesis, a triangulation of bibliometric mapping, and thematic analysis to analyse the available literature harvested from PubMed. The analysis showed that the use of the agile approach is underutilised in developing digital health software. Moreover, the study revealed that health organisations did not yet embrace the agile culture and should adapt using innovative agile solutions to deliver clinical value to patients and public health systems. Following the software industry, where agile software development is becoming the mainstream approach also for sensitive and regulated software, it is becoming even more essential that the digital health software development process should be modernised. Furthermore, a shift to agile collaboration, agile decision-making, trial tolerance, active engagement, purposeful technology adoption, knowledge sharing, and an open agile innovation ecosystem must be achieved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e8f18556cf54f50b67069ee32b8391d2022-12-22T02:52:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-05-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.899874899874Role of Agile in Digital Public Health TransformationPeter Kokol0Peter Kokol1Helena Blažun Vošner2Helena Blažun Vošner3Helena Blažun Vošner4Marko Kokol5Marko Kokol6Jernej Završnik7Jernej Završnik8Jernej Završnik9Jernej Završnik10Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Maribor, SloveniaFaculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, SloveniaCommunity Healthcare Center Dr. Adolf Drolc Maribor, Maribor, SloveniaAlma Mater Europaea, Maribor, SloveniaFaculty of Health and Social Sciences Slovenj Gradec, Slovenj Gradec, SloveniaFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Maribor, SloveniaSemantika Research, Semantika d.o.o., Maribor, SloveniaCommunity Healthcare Center Dr. Adolf Drolc Maribor, Maribor, SloveniaAlma Mater Europaea, Maribor, SloveniaScience and Research Centre, Koper, SloveniaFaculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, SloveniaThe digitalisation of healthcare, fueled by advances in technology and the COVID-19 pandemic can not only empower equitable access to global expert-level healthcare but also make healthcare more patient-centric. Every digital health solution has one common fundamental component: they all run on computing platforms and are powered by complex software. Traditional software development life cycles have often failed in designing complex software; consequently, the agile approach was introduced. To assess the role of agile in digital public health transformation, we used the synthetic knowledge synthesis, a triangulation of bibliometric mapping, and thematic analysis to analyse the available literature harvested from PubMed. The analysis showed that the use of the agile approach is underutilised in developing digital health software. Moreover, the study revealed that health organisations did not yet embrace the agile culture and should adapt using innovative agile solutions to deliver clinical value to patients and public health systems. Following the software industry, where agile software development is becoming the mainstream approach also for sensitive and regulated software, it is becoming even more essential that the digital health software development process should be modernised. Furthermore, a shift to agile collaboration, agile decision-making, trial tolerance, active engagement, purposeful technology adoption, knowledge sharing, and an open agile innovation ecosystem must be achieved.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.899874/fulldigital healthsoftware developmentagile approachbibliometricsynthetic knowledge synthesis |
| spellingShingle | Peter Kokol Peter Kokol Helena Blažun Vošner Helena Blažun Vošner Helena Blažun Vošner Marko Kokol Marko Kokol Jernej Završnik Jernej Završnik Jernej Završnik Jernej Završnik Role of Agile in Digital Public Health Transformation Frontiers in Public Health digital health software development agile approach bibliometric synthetic knowledge synthesis |
| title | Role of Agile in Digital Public Health Transformation |
| title_full | Role of Agile in Digital Public Health Transformation |
| title_fullStr | Role of Agile in Digital Public Health Transformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of Agile in Digital Public Health Transformation |
| title_short | Role of Agile in Digital Public Health Transformation |
| title_sort | role of agile in digital public health transformation |
| topic | digital health software development agile approach bibliometric synthetic knowledge synthesis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.899874/full |
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