Table 3.
Enablers and barriers for scaling up digital health innovations on the meso level identified in the workshop and aligned with prior work.
Categorya | Enabler | Barrier |
Regional infrastructure | —b | Different infrastructure systems are used (eg, different database, digital health records, diagnosis, and treatment codes) |
Culture | Organizational change (change from one state of affairs to another in the form of, eg, company’s structure, strategy, policies, procedures, technology, or culture) Capacity building (obtaining, improving, and retaining the skills knowledge, tools, equipment, and other resources needed to achieve organizations’ goals) Awareness raising (inform and educate individuals about a topic or issue with the intent to change their attitudes, behaviors and beliefs, eg, the potential of digital innovations for health) Prioritization of trustworthy digital health (professionals and users need to trust in the digital health innovations’ effectiveness and safety) |
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Social support | Trust building (increasing the users’ trust in the safety and effectiveness as well as the vision and mission of the digital innovation and the individuals or organizations involved) | — |
aAll categories were adopted from Kowatsch et al [3].
bNot available.