Experience the forefront of healthcare innovation the essential volume edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe of La Trobe University. In todays field of healthcare, the demand for high-quality care, accessible to all, has never been more pressing. However, traditional models struggle to meet these demands, leaving gaps in delivery and outcomes. The solution lies in harnessing the power of digital technologies to revolutionize healthcare delivery. Impact of Digital Solutions for Improved Healthcare Delivery offers a comprehensive exploration of how digital solutionsfrom AI and analytics to sensors and IoTare reshaping the healthcare industry. By examining key advancements and practical applications, contributors present a roadmap for leveraging digital platforms and ecosystems to co-create value and drive better clinical outcomes. From telemedicine to personalized healthcare platforms, each chapter offers actionable insights and real-world case studies, empowering academic scholars to lead the charge in digital transformation. With contributions from leading researchers, professors, and industry professionals, this book provides a diverse perspective on the opportunities and challenges of integrating digital technologies into healthcare delivery. Whether you're a seasoned scholar or a newcomer to the field, this book serves as an indispensable resource for understanding the transformative potential of digital solutions in shaping the future of healthcare. Join the conversation and drive meaningful change in healthcare delivery with this pioneering volume.
Nilmini Wickramasinghe Currently, Professor Wickramasinghe is the inaugural Optus Chair and Professor of Digital Health at La Trobe University . She holds or has held honorary research professor positions at Epworth HealthCare, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Northern Health and Murdoch Children's Research Institute. After completing 5 degrees at the University of Melbourne, she was awarded a full scholarship to complete PhD studies at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA and later she was sponsored to complete executive education at Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA in Value-based HealthCare. For over 20 years, Professor Wickramasinghe has been actively, researching and teaching within the health informatics/digital health domain in US, Germany and Australia with a particular focus on designing, developing and deploying suitable models, strategies and techniques grounded in various management principles to facilitate the implementation and adoption of technology solutions to effect superior, value-based patient centric care delivery. Professor Wickramasinghe collaborates with leading scholars at various premier healthcare organizations and universities throughout Australasia, US and Europe and is well published with more than 400 referred scholarly articles, more than 15 books, numerous book chapters, an encyclopaedia and a well established funded research track record securing over $25M in funding from grants in US, Australia, Germany and China as a chief investigator. She holds a patent around analytics solution for managing healthcare data and is the editor-in-chief of Intl J Networking and Virtual Organisations by InderScience as well as series editor of the Springer book series Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age and the CRC Routledge book series Analytics and AI for Healthcare. In 2020 she was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt award for outstanding contribution to Digital Health, the first time this honour has been bestowed to someone in the discipline of Digital Health
