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Culture, UX/UI, education, accessibility. Digitalization’s biggest barriers I asked five leaders in digital health change a simply question that has remained unanswered: what are the most common mistakes when implementing digital health solutions in a healthcare setting? Answers were given by Danielle Siarri, Rafael J. Grossmann, Shawna Butler, John Sharp and Paul Timmers. Danielle Siarri, MSN, RN Nursing Informatics Specialist The biggest missteps in implementing a new IT system is not having the clinical staff onboard or creating a culture to produce a project champion. The end users need a voice on the project from initiation to the lessons learned. The last line manager can scuttle a project, so having
them on board is a must. The infrastructure plays a key part, with server capacity and how much electricity new tech can draw from a building all must be calculated. Good governance is key from the start to finishing the implementation, with all key players understanding how each request plays into the economics of the project. The task of moving a radial
dial button is not as simple as one might think, so ownership of the choice is paramount.
Rafael J. Grossmann, MD, FACS Clinical Advisor at Magic Leap As a surgeon, full time clinician and also healthcare futurist and innovator, I have a biased perspective. Obviously, like any new tool that should help patients and the relatives of the patients and achieve better outcomes, we all have to consider whether the solution is going to be beneficial for the patient, balancing the risks with the benefits. It is the same for any IT healthcare solution. I think that cost is a barrier, but one that will decrease over the coming years. We know that technol-
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