Table 2.

Design recommendations for co-creational, knowledge-driven development processes in the context of multi-professional collaboration.

Mechanism	Aim
Ensure an open and flexible development process.	To establish a foundation for co-creation and to accommodate evolving insights and requirements.
Consistently adapt to the conditions, formal workflows, and informal work practices on-site.	To ensure that all ward members have equal participation opportunities and access to the development process (e.g., no inequities due to differing work hours/presence). To build and foster trust and acceptance.
Create continuous opportunities for interaction and exchange between the development team and ward members.
Systematically consider relevant knowledge aspects for the multi-professional collaboration and incorporate them into the development process (e.g., experiential knowledge, existing case knowledge, current impressions).	To make profession-specific relevancies and knowledge divergences within the team visible, reflexively accessible, and thus addressable within the development process. To promote a shared understanding of what should or should not be done, when, why, and by whom. To increase the certainty of interpretation and certainty of action.
Be aware of profession-specific and situation-related information and knowledge needs.
Consider hierarchies and power dynamics, such as differing spatial and speaking arrangements and positions or roles within the team.	To strengthen the multi-professional approach, enhance transparency, and contribute to egalitarianism in the development process and ultimately in multi-professional collaboration.
Take seriously and reflect on the limits of what can and should be sensibly digitalized.	To acknowledge the importance and function of face-to-face interaction in multi-professional collaboration.