Demonstration and Evaluation of the Digital Health Innovation Interoperability Framework

Abstract

The relevance and role of interoperability currently change due to the unique characteristics of Digital Health Innovations (DHI) and the ongoing demand for defragmentation in Health Information Systems (HIS) landscapes. Efforts towards novel data-centered value propositions, inter-organizational care scenarios, and inter-sectoral collaborations force innovators to parallelly manage to realize the innovative idea and pave the path to seamless integration into complex target environments. Thus, the construct of interoperability shifts from a technical requirement's position to a socio-technical concept that provides guidance for DHI management. This research contributes to the discourse about the reconceptualization of interoperability for DHI. It builds upon a recently proposed Digital Health Innovation Interoperability Framework (DHIIF) and presents, first, a demonstration of its use within an ongoing DHI project on Digital Phenotyping and, second, a small-scale evaluation via an online expert survey. This paper provides the DHIIF's justification and confirms its utility as a conceptual fundament for DHI practice and HIS research.