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. 2020 Nov 2;13:1375–1390. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S269412

Table 3.

Capabilities Charted into Categories

Reference (n13) Capabilities (n59) Category (n13)
Adelaide University (2017);34 Jisc (2018);39 NHS (2018)15 Digital creation Applied Innovation: Activities that aim to close the gap between the theory and the practice of innovation.
Adelaide University (2017);34 Jisc (2018);39 NHS (2018)15 Digital problem solving
Jisc (2018)39 Digital communication
NHS (2018)15 Safety and security (digital)
NHS (2018)15 Digital identity
Eysenbach (2001);36 Di Donato (2019);44 Australian Digital Health Agency (2018);43 Royal College of Nursing (2018);42 NHS (2018)15 Education Education: Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include teaching, training, storytelling, discussion, and directed research.
Adelaide University (2017);34 Jisc (2018);39 Martin-Sanchez (2017)41 Digital learning
Adelaide University (2017)34 Digital development
Australian Digital Health Agency (2018)43 Safety (medicine and therapy)
van Houwelingen (2016)37 Knowledge
van Houwelingen (2016)37 Attitudes Holistic Care: The philosophy that the outcome or goal is greater than the sum of its parts; as such benefiting from consideration or inclusion of various elements that may not be strictly included in the definition of a given goal.
APS (2017)35 Client suitability
Eysenbach (2001)36 Enabling
Eysenbach (2001)36 Engage
Eysenbach (2001)36 Equity
Australian Digital Health Agency (2018)43 My Health Record
Adelaide University (2017);34 Royal College of Nursing (2018);42 NHS (2018);15 Jisc (2018)39 Innovation Innovation Behavior: The initiative to conceptualize, consider, attempt, or apply new ideas, products, processes, and procedures to a person’s work role, work unit, or organization.
Martin-Sanchez (2017);43 NHS (2018)15 Digital wellbeing
Australian Digital Health Agency (2018)43 Champion
Australian Digital Health Agency (2018)43 Enhanced models of care Innovative Practice: Practice with a new mindset or new way with value in it.
Eysenbach (2001)36 Extending (scope of care)
Adelaide University (2017);34 Martin-Sanchez (2017);41 Jisc (2018);39 Royal College of Nursing (2018);42 NHS (2018)15 Data literacy Technology Literacy: Ability to use technology appropriately and effectively to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information.
Adelaide University (2017);34 Martin-Sanchez (2017);41 NHS (2018);15 Jisc (2018)39 Information literacy
Brunner (2018);11 Martin-Sanchez (2017)41 Analytics
Jisc (2018);39 Adelaide University (2017)34 Media literacy
APS (2017);35 Australian Digital Health Agency (2018)43 Privacy and security Managing Technology: The integrated planning, design, optimization, operation, and control of technological products/tools, processes, and services.
Australian Digital Health Agency (2018)43 Interoperability and data quality
Nagle (2014)40 Knowledge management
Martin-Sanchez (2017)41 Management sciences
van Houwelingen (2016)37 General skills Non-technology Skills: Skills relevant to the role, task, or responsibilities of the person that is not defined by technology.
van Houwelingen (2016)37 Implementation skills
van Houwelingen (2016)37 Clinical skills
van Houwelingen (2016);37 Brunner (2018);11 Adelaide University (2017);34 NHS (2018);15 APS (2017)35 Communication Partnership: Cooperative skills, tasks or ethic to advance mutual interests of more than one party/role.
Adelaide University (2017);34 Royal College of Nursing (2018);42 NHS (2018);15 APS (2017)35 Collaboration
Adelaide University (2017);34 NHS (2018);15 APS (2017)35 Participation
Eysenbach (2001)36 Encouragement
APS (2017);35 Di Donato (2019)44 Culture Professionalism: The conduct, behavior, and attitude of someone in a work or business environment. These are better defined as beneficial characteristics than as requirements of a role.
APS (2017)35 Policies and procedures
APS (2017)35 Organizational practice
Honey (2018);38 Brunner (2018);11 Martin-Sanchez (2017);41 Royal College of Nursing (2018)42 Professionalism
Di Donato (2019);44 Royal College of Nursing (2018)42 Leadership
Eysenbach (2001)36 Efficiency
APS (2017)35 Risk assessment and management Professional Standards: A set of practices, ethics, and behaviors that members of a particular body (or professional role) must adhere to.
Nagle (2014)40 Accountability
Eysenbach (2001)36 Enhancing quality
Eysenbach (2001)36 Ethics
Eysenbach (2001)36 Evidence based
Honey (2018);38 Brunner (2018);11 Martin-Sanchez (2017);41 Nagle (2014);40 NHS (2018)15 Information management Technology Skills: Abilities and knowledge needed to perform specific tasks. They are practical and often relate to mechanical, information technology, mathematical, or scientific tasks.
Brunner (2018);11 Honey (2018);38 Martin-Sanchez (2017);41 Nagle (2014)40 Information technology
Martin-Sanchez (2017);41 Honey (2018);38 Nagle (2014)40 Communication technology
Adelaide University (2017);34 Honey (2018);38 Jisc (2018)39 Information Communications Technology proficiency
van Houwelingen (2016);37 NHS (2018);15 Royal College of Nursing (2018)42 Technology Proficiency
NHS (2018)15 Data management
Adelaide University (2017);34 Jisc (2018)39 Digital identity User Development: Aims to provide people without experience or pre-requisite skills with concepts, methods, and tools to allow them to create, manage, or use a given task or tool.
Adelaide University (2017);34 Jisc (2018)39 Digital wellbeing
Eysenbach (2001)36 Empowerment
Di Donato (2019)44 Enable
NHS (2018)15 Self (user) development
Brunner (2018)11 Patient focus