International perspectives on measuring national digital public health system maturity through a multidisciplinary Delphi study.

ABSTRACT: Unlocking the full potential of digital public health (DiPH) systems requires a comprehensive tool to assess their maturity. While the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union released a toolkit in 2012 covering various aspects of digitalizing national healthcare systems, a holistic maturity assessment tool has been lacking ever since. To bridge this gap, we conducted a pioneering Delphi study, to which 54 experts from diverse continents and academic fields actively contributed to at least one of three rounds. 54 experts participated in developing and rating multidisciplinary quality indicators to measure the maturity of national digital public health systems. Participants established consensus on these indicators with a threshold of 70% agreement on indicato

SUBMITTER: Maaß L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11014962 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature