Patient-centered online platform as a service of digital healthcare ecosystem

Abstract

Opportunities of healthcare informatization tools are closely related to and limited by requirements of the corresponding model of care. The paper covers specific features of biopsychosocial patient-centered (BPC) model and their implications for informatization. Some approaches to automation of BPC model are discussed: ecosystem architecture and patient-centered online platform that provides communication infrastructure for consumers and providers of health services. Operation principles, functions and services of the platform are described that should help the platform meet the requirements of BPC model. The proposed online platform can supplement the existing healthcare informatization tools in addressing the challenge of chronic diseases epidemic.