DiHECO – Digital healthcare ecosystem research and networking

Authors

• Alpo Olavi Värri Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-3458
• Hannu Nieminen Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-2604
• Nina Helander Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-6444
• Mark van Gils Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0029-1771

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23996/fjhw.114944

Keywords:

digital healthcare platform, health economics, digital health business, computer systems, healthcare ecosystems, telemedicine, medical informatics, consumer health informatics

Abstract

The DiHECO project aims at studying the role and potential of digital healthcare platforms in the European, mostly publicly arranged, healthcare service ecosystem. The project, divided into a few subprojects, tries to identify areas of research that can grow into impactful larger European projects with industry co-operation. DiHECO aims also at further developing the capacity of participants, particularly the Kaunas University of Technology, to perform relevant research in this area. In its first year, the project has made progress according to plan through joint research activities and networking events. These include the digital health tracks of the researcher and industry forum of the ICTE 2021 conference and two grant writing workshops and a scientific writing workshop.