Background Thorough holistic development of eHealth can contribute to a good fit among
the technology, its users, and the context. However, despite the availability of frameworks …

Background Theory-guided approaches to implementation science have informed
translation efforts and the acceptance of eHealth (digital health) interventions in clinical care …

Background: Many eHealth technologies are not successful in realizing sustainable
innovations in health care practices. One of the reasons for this is that the current …

Background: When health service providers (HSP) plan to develop electronic health
(eHealth) resources for health service users (HSU), the latter's involvement is essential …

Background Generative participatory design (PD) may help in developing electronic health
(eHealth) interventions. PD is characterized by the involvement of all stakeholders in …

Background Action research (AR) is an established research framework to introduce change
in a community following a cyclical approach and involving stakeholders as coresearchers …

Purpose To summarize key issues in the eHealth field from an implementation science
perspective and to highlight illustrative processes, examples and key directions to help more …

Background Despite rapid growth in eHealth research, there remains a lack of consistency
in defining and using terms related to eHealth. More widely cited definitions provide broad …

Much has been written about insufficient user involvement in the design of eHealth
applications, the lack of evidence demonstrating impact, and the difficulties these bring for …

Background There is a significant potential for e-health to deliver cost-effective, quality
health care, and spending on e-health systems by governments and healthcare systems is …