From digital health to learning health systems: four approaches to using data for digital health design

Valeria Pannunzio, Maaike Kleinsmann, Dirk Snelders and Jeroen Raijmakers

Health Systems, 2023, vol. 12, issue 4, 481-494

Abstract: Digital health technologies, powered by digital data, provide an opportunity to improve the efficacy and efficiency of health systems at large. However, little is known about different approaches to the use of data for digital health design, or about their possible relations to system-level dynamics. In this contribution, we identify four existing approaches to the use of data for digital health design, namely the silent, the overt, the data-enabled, and the convergent. After characterising the approaches, we provide real-life examples of each. Furthermore, we compare the approaches in terms of selected desirable characteristics of the design process, highlighting relative advantages and disadvantages. Finally, we reflect on the system-level relevance of the differentiation between the approaches and point towards future research directions. Overall, the contribution provides researchers and practitioners with a broad conceptual framework to examine data-related challenges and opportunities in digital health design.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2284712

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