Digital Health A Primer

"This book is unique in many ways. Professor Nilmini Wickramasinghe brings to the fore multi-continent experiences which permeate the chapters and give the book global relevance. The sections and associated chapters span the range of contemporary issues in digital health. The result is a useful compendium for a wide range of healthcare stakeholders."

Professor Doug Vogel, Association for Information Systems Fellow and Past-President, Australasian Institute of Digital Health Fellow, Professor and eHealth Research Institute Director, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China.

"Digital transformation in healthcare is a megatrand that gets momentum rapidly. Beyond striking impacts on medical aspects there are important contextual factors to consider. This book takes a wander through technologies, processes, people, and more involved in this fascinating future."

Professor Freimut Bodendorf, Head of the Management Intelligence Systems of the Institute of Information Systems , Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

"Professor Nilmini Wickramasinghe, an esteemed leader in Digital Health with national and international acclaim, compiles together her vision, thought leadership, and practical experiences into this very insightful primer that explores the fundamental aspects of Digital Health. I cannot think of anyone more fitting to present this critical topic, effectively bridging the knowledge gaps in technology, people, and processes within the industry. This book assures all healthcare stakeholders a reliable and comprehensive overview, offering valuable guidance in the Digital Health domain."

Professor Wenny Rahayu, Dean of School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia.

"We are in an era where we need to reimagine how we deliver far-reaching, high quality and connected healthcare - with greater efficiency and value. Digital solutions are key enabler to support data-navigated analytics and insights to enable adaptive change, business intelligence and strategic prioritisation. However this needs to be achieved through co-design partnerships, to truly release the potential of this rapidly and exponentially advancing technological world. "Primer" recognises the importance of healthcare stakeholders in this relationship and their domain specific knowledge, to navigate context appropriate digital solutions that are fit for purpose and truly transformative."

A/Prof Kate Burbury MBBS(Hons) FRACP FRCPA DPhil, Executive Director, Digital and Healthcare Innovations, Consultant Haematologist, The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Australia.