RADAR-ES: Development of a methodological framework for environmental scans and roadmap for future research in digital health
Environmental scans (ESs) have been widely used in health services delivery research and other related areas such as professional development and management practices. Originating in the disciplines of business and information sciences in the 1960s, ESs became an integral part of strategic planning to identify trends and potential threats to inform decision-making to improve organizational performance.
ESs have been used to examine a range of services, practices, policies, issues, technologies and other phenomena in health care through collection, synthesis, and analysis of existing and potentially new data to shape responses in dynamic and constantly changing environments. However, there has been a lack of guidance in how to plan and conduct an ES and inconsistency in how ESs are reported in the literature.
In this session, the conceptualisation and development of RADAR-ES, a methodological framework for ESs in health services delivery research, will be presented. The process and framework of RADAR-ES may serve as a potential roadmap for developing approaches to research in digital health.
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Associate Professor Daniel Nagel
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba
Associate Professor Daniel Nagel is based at the University of Manitoba in Canada. His current research is focused on innovative approaches to education for nursing students and interprofessional practice. He has a specific interest in experiential learning.
A/Prof Nagel’s expertise includes qualitative and mixed-method approaches to health services research, systematic reviews, community health, work with at-risk populations, and curriculum development.
Dr Kara Burns
Research Fellow, Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, University of Melbourne
Dr Kara Burns is an experienced health professional working across digital health, research, business development, innovation and clinical care. Currently Dr Burns is a Digital Health Program Manager, leading a team of researchers who specialise in early-stage project and partnership development, in the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health at The University of Melbourne. She has 15 years experience of digital health innovation and an ability to shape value propositions that translate to emerging health priorities.
Dr Burns exclusively conducts research in digital health, with a specific interest in early-stage innovations, evidence generation, consumer involvement and digital health equity. She is an early career researcher and has a growing track record of grant success ($1.88M career total) and regularly publishes in JMIR the highest ranked journal in for digital medicine and health and health care in the internet age (IF 7.4).
