Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration
IntroductionPalliative care is based on the principle of multi-professional collaboration, which integrates diverse competencies and perspectives to provide holistic care and support for patients and their relatives. In palliative care teams, there is an intensive exchange of information and knowled...
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| author | Oliver Meindl Oliver Meindl Oliver Meindl Sarah Peuten Xena Striebel Henner Gimpel Henner Gimpel Henner Gimpel Christoph Ostgathe Werner Schneider Tobias Steigleder |
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| description | IntroductionPalliative care is based on the principle of multi-professional collaboration, which integrates diverse competencies and perspectives to provide holistic care and support for patients and their relatives. In palliative care teams, there is an intensive exchange of information and knowledge; however, current documentation and hospital information systems often fall short of meeting the specific demands for effective collaboration and dynamic communication in this field.MethodsThis action design research study is based on the three-and-a-half-year interdisciplinary research project PALLADiUM and aims to demonstrate the added value of knowledge-driven digitalization.Results and discussionOur study provides novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration tailored to the specific requirements of palliative care and similar fields. Based on the analytical distinction between ‘information’ and ‘knowledge,’ we present design recommendations for co-creative, knowledge-driven development processes and multi-professional collaboration support systems. We further illustrate how these recommendations have been implemented into a functional technical demonstrator and outline how our results could impact future digitalization initiatives in healthcare. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e40c0e0f2ee640d1a80b6cf54e35d5e12025-08-20T01:54:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Digital Health2673-253X2025-04-01710.3389/fdgth.2025.15119731511973Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaborationOliver Meindl0Oliver Meindl1Oliver Meindl2Sarah Peuten3Xena Striebel4Henner Gimpel5Henner Gimpel6Henner Gimpel7Christoph Ostgathe8Werner Schneider9Tobias Steigleder10FIM Research Center for Information Management, Augsburg, GermanyBranch Business & Information Systems Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Augsburg, GermanyUniversity of Augsburg, Augsburg, GermanyChair of Sociology, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, GermanyFIM Research Center for Information Management, Augsburg, GermanyFIM Research Center for Information Management, Augsburg, GermanyBranch Business & Information Systems Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Augsburg, GermanyChair of Digital Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, GermanyPalliativmedizinische Abteilung, Comprehensive Cancer Center CCC Erlangen-EMN, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyChair of Sociology, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, GermanyPalliativmedizinische Abteilung, Comprehensive Cancer Center CCC Erlangen-EMN, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyIntroductionPalliative care is based on the principle of multi-professional collaboration, which integrates diverse competencies and perspectives to provide holistic care and support for patients and their relatives. In palliative care teams, there is an intensive exchange of information and knowledge; however, current documentation and hospital information systems often fall short of meeting the specific demands for effective collaboration and dynamic communication in this field.MethodsThis action design research study is based on the three-and-a-half-year interdisciplinary research project PALLADiUM and aims to demonstrate the added value of knowledge-driven digitalization.Results and discussionOur study provides novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration tailored to the specific requirements of palliative care and similar fields. Based on the analytical distinction between ‘information’ and ‘knowledge,’ we present design recommendations for co-creative, knowledge-driven development processes and multi-professional collaboration support systems. We further illustrate how these recommendations have been implemented into a functional technical demonstrator and outline how our results could impact future digitalization initiatives in healthcare.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1511973/fullmulti-professional collaborationknowledge-driven digitalizationco-creationrecommendationcollaboration support systempalliative care |
| spellingShingle | Oliver Meindl Oliver Meindl Oliver Meindl Sarah Peuten Xena Striebel Henner Gimpel Henner Gimpel Henner Gimpel Christoph Ostgathe Werner Schneider Tobias Steigleder Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration Frontiers in Digital Health multi-professional collaboration knowledge-driven digitalization co-creation recommendation collaboration support system palliative care |
| title | Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration |
| title_full | Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration |
| title_fullStr | Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration |
| title_short | Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration |
| title_sort | designing knowledge driven digitalization novel recommendations for digitally supported multi professional collaboration |
| topic | multi-professional collaboration knowledge-driven digitalization co-creation recommendation collaboration support system palliative care |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1511973/full |
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