Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration

Meindl O, Peuten S, Striebel X, Gimpel H, Ostgathe C, Schneider W, Steigleder T (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Frontiers in Digital Health Frontiers Media

Book Volume: 7

Article Number: 1511973

DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1511973

Abstract

Introduction: Palliative 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. Methods: This 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 discussion: Our 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.

Authors with CRIS profile

Christoph Ostgathe Department of Palliative Medicine Tobias Steigleder Department of Palliative Medicine

Additional Organisation(s)

Department of Palliative Medicine

Related research project(s)

Palliative Care als digitale Arbeitswelt: Perspektiven und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der digitalen Transformation von Kommunikations- und Kollaborationsprozessen in der multiprofessionellen Versorgung der letzten Lebensphase (PALLADiUM) March 1, 2021 - Sept. 30, 2024

Involved external institutions

FIM Research Center for Information Management Universität Augsburg

How to cite

APA:

Meindl, O., Peuten, S., Striebel, X., Gimpel, H., Ostgathe, C., Schneider, W., & Steigleder, T. (2025). Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration. Frontiers in Digital Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1511973

MLA:

Meindl, Oliver, et al. "Designing knowledge-driven digitalization: novel recommendations for digitally supported multi-professional collaboration." Frontiers in Digital Health 7 (2025).

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