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The Core of Design Thinking and its Impact on Digital Transformation in Healthcare

Authors:
Niels Garmann-Johnsen
Migle Helmersen
Tom Roar Eikebrokk

Keywords: healthcare; Design Thinking; Abduction

Abstract:
This study contributes to creating awareness about the potential of Design Thinking in healthcare. The review of the literature showed that this innovation-philosophy and paradigm has had a high impact on several sectors, especially the Information Technology sector, something that in its turn, impacts healthcare. Further research is needed to find solutions to remaining issues, like how to orchestrate dialog and co-creation with system-users, patients, different kinds of healthcare employees, and, e.g., policymakers. Although popular in practice, there has been a gap in academic literature, especially in Information systems, regarding the impact of Design Thinking in this context. Doing a literature review based on a central source of Design Thinking paradigm, Kees Dorst, the authors explore examples of such impact and generalize a picture of the state of art in this field. The impact of further research is then briefly discussed

Pages: 183 to 189

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: March 22, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-763-4

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020