Table 3.
Characteristics of interviewees.
Main role of participant within the Swiss healthcare sector | Very high to high knowledge of mobile health, n (%) | Average knowledge of mobile health, n (%) | Moderate knowledge of mobile health, n (%) |
Providers of health care services (clinicians, health care organizations, and pharmacies) | 7 (78) | 1 (11) | 1 (11) |
Providers of health technologies (medical device industry and health care start-ups) | 8 (89) | 1 (11) | 0 (0) |
Associations or similar organizations (health and digitization) | 5 (72) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) |
Consultancy for health system | 5 (71) | 2 (29) | 0 (0) |
Experts in digitization (health and nonhealth sectors) | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) |
Experts in medical informatics and ITa | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) |
Reimbursement-related actors (insurance and insurance association) | 2 (50) | 1 (25) | 1 (25) |
Government- and research-related bodies | 3 (75) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) |
Total | 36 (72) | 10 (20) | 4 (8) |
aIT: information technology.