Case 7: e-Health systems

Question 1

What is social-technical systems design?

Answer 1

design & performance of any organisational system can only be understood and improved if both ‘social’ and ‘technical’ aspects are brought together and treated as interdependent parts of a complex syste

Question 2

What is “internet of things”?

Answer 2

concept involving connecting everyday objects to internet & allowing them to communicate and exchange data with other devices and systems.

Question 3

What is AI?

Answer 3

ability of digital machines to perform takss commonly associated with intelligent beings

Question 4

What is big data?

Answer 4

large data sets used to reveal patterns, trends and associations

Question 5

What is a digital platform?

Answer 5

software-based online infrastructure that facilitates interactions & transactions between users.

Question 6

What is VR?

Answer 6

computer-generated environment appearing to be real, making user feel they are immersed in their context

Question 7

What is a block chain?

Answer 7

distributed databasethat maintains a continuisly growing list of ordered records called blocks.

Question 8

What is STS-D thinking?

Answer 8

Social-technical systems design

developed into an approach for designing productive, humane and innovative workplaces and organisations

Question 9

What is digital technology?

Answer 9

umbrella term referring to technology that relies on use of microprocessors (algorithms etc.) to store, process and interpret digitised data

E.g. smart devices, robotics, AI, machine learning, IoT, big data, block chains etc.

Question 10

What are 3 perspectives related to digital technology?

Answer 10

1. technological areas
2. features in whcih digital technologies have been developed
3. digital transofrmation as part of the fourth industrial revolution

Question 11

Explain health 4.0

Answer 11

challenges posed by 4IR require a new approach to organising healthcare systems → advanced IT and increasingly used of sophisticated medical devices, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, robotics, extensive databases interlinking to form a single system ensuring smooth flow of information and data in real time

Question 12

What is 4IR?

Answer 12

current and developing environment in which disruptive technologies and trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way modern people live and work

Question 13

What are the 3 phases of digital technology revolution?

Answer 13

1. Digitisation
2. Digitalisation
3. transformation

Question 14

What is digitisation?

Answer 14

transform from analogue data media (paper) into digital media

Question 15

What is digitalisation?

Answer 15

adapting digital technology to business processes

Question 16

What is transformation?

Answer 16

where new business models are created based on the ability of digital technology and platforms

Question 17

What is digital transformation?

Answer 17

Integration of digital technology into all areas of business, changing how you operate and deliver value to customer

Question 18

How can we implement & develop digitalisation within public health interventions?

Answer 18

1. political commitment
2. intersectoral & transdisciplinary partnerships
3. economic investments
4. standardized ethical, legal & regulatory frameworks
5. health workforce capacity building
6. adaptive research & evaluation
7. transparent communication & public engagement