What Needs to Change to Make Digital Health Successful? The Perspective of the Austrian Healthcare Provider Mavienext

Panitda Huynh, Erich Kruschitz, Tobias Kowatsch, Tobias Kowatsch, Tobias Kowatsch

2024

Abstract

Austria’s healthcare ecosystem, anchored in conventional operational paradigms, faces mounting pressure to evolve. The ingrained models, though resilient, are being challenged by the escalating healthcare demands of a diverse and ageing populace, rising costs, and emerging health adversities. In this nuanced context, we present insights from a discourse with the CEO of Mavie Next, an Austrian healthcare provider and a corporate start-up of the UNIQA Group, to explore the pivotal intersection of digital health technologies and systemic evolution. The primary objectives of this interview were to: (1) understand the current challenges faced by Austria’s healthcare system; and (2) identify collaborative strategies and data sharing practices that can optimize the use of DHTs. These objectives guided our research questions, focusing on how Mavie Next, with its innovative approach and cross-border aspirations, can serve as a model for integrating DHTs in healthcare systems globally. In this nuanced context, we present insights from an interview with Erich Kruschitz, CEO of Mavie Next, an established Austrian healthcare provider, to explore the pivotal intersection of digital health technologies and systemic evolution. OurThe discussion underscores the importance of data sharing, regular collaborative initiatives, and overcoming data availability challenges as foundational elements to harness the full potential of DHT in addressing the multifaceted challenges posed by an aging population. This comprehensive exploration serves as a foundational resource for stakeholders, offering insights, evaluations, and prospective pathways to navigate the evolving landscape of healthcare amidst demographic and technological shifts. Mavie Next aspires to pioneer this cross-border transfer of innovation, echoing its ethos of extending beyond Austria with globally applicable solutions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Huynh P., Kruschitz E. and Kowatsch T. (2024). What Needs to Change to Make Digital Health Successful? The Perspective of the Austrian Healthcare Provider Mavienext. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: Scale-IT-up; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 859-864. DOI: 10.5220/0012401000003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{scale-it-up24,
author={Panitda Huynh and Erich Kruschitz and Tobias Kowatsch},
title={What Needs to Change to Make Digital Health Successful? The Perspective of the Austrian Healthcare Provider Mavienext},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: Scale-IT-up},
year={2024},
pages={859-864},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012401000003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: Scale-IT-up
TI - What Needs to Change to Make Digital Health Successful? The Perspective of the Austrian Healthcare Provider Mavienext
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - Huynh P.
AU - Kruschitz E.
AU - Kowatsch T.
PY - 2024
SP - 859
EP - 864
DO - 10.5220/0012401000003657
PB - SciTePress