Background The use of online resources has changed how people manage health care
processes. Patients seek information about health conditions, guidance in treatment, and …

Purpose Healthcare policies around the globe are aimed at achieving patient-centeredness.
The patient is understood as a prosumer of healthcare, wherein healthcare service co …

This book is based upon and extends the theoretical and empirical work of the author over
the last decade. It integrates material deriving from his previous conceptual and empirical …

The expansion of the scope and significance of co-creation in public policy and governance
prompts the integration of different theoretical strands that together can help us illuminating …

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

Complex services, such as healthcare, struggle to realize the benefits of value co-creation
due to the substantial challenges of managing such services over the long-term. Key to …

The pressure on the healthcare system due to the pandemic situation has exacerbated its
main criticalities in terms of fragmentation, data management and lack of interconnections …

This editorial for the special issue of FutureS is not intended to provide a comprehensive,
analytical overview of the future of health care; rather, it collects the perspectives on which …

Drawing on a systematic review of the literature, this paper explores the factors which have
enabled and/or constrained the transformative potential of public service user participation …

Patient-centered care and health services' co-production are the cornerstones of the health
care system of the future. These constructs rely on the reconceptualization of the patient as a …