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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Main Authors: Oliver Meindl, Sarah Peuten, Xena Striebel, Henner Gimpel, Christoph Ostgathe, Werner Schneider, Tobias Steigleder
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1511973/full
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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
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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
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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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