TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience in healthcare systems: Cyber security and digital transformation
AU - Garcia-Perez, Alexeis
AU - Cegarra-Navarro, Juan Gabriel
AU - Sallos, Mark
AU - Martinez-Caro, Eva
AU - Chinnaswamy, Anitha
N1 - © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
PY - 2022/6/15
Y1 - 2022/6/15
N2 - The digital transformation of the healthcare sector is an essential development as societies move into a post-industrial, knowledge-based economy. The adoption of the latest technologies and their applications in the health and care systems must be managed effectively from the perspective of their cyber security and resilience. However, there is still a limited understanding of the key concepts that must define the strategic vision of a resilient and sustainable digital transformation of the healthcare sector. Using data collected at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic from owners and C-level executives from critical infrastructure sectors in the United Kingdom, this research analysed core constructs that contribute to the required transformative, adaptive and absorptive capacities for health systems digital resilience. The research found that a balanced base of cyber security knowledge development, uncertainty management, and consideration for the sector’s high levels of systemic and organisational interdependence are essential for its digital resilience and for the sustainability of its digital transformation efforts. The paper describes the implications of these findings for research and management practice.
AB - The digital transformation of the healthcare sector is an essential development as societies move into a post-industrial, knowledge-based economy. The adoption of the latest technologies and their applications in the health and care systems must be managed effectively from the perspective of their cyber security and resilience. However, there is still a limited understanding of the key concepts that must define the strategic vision of a resilient and sustainable digital transformation of the healthcare sector. Using data collected at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic from owners and C-level executives from critical infrastructure sectors in the United Kingdom, this research analysed core constructs that contribute to the required transformative, adaptive and absorptive capacities for health systems digital resilience. The research found that a balanced base of cyber security knowledge development, uncertainty management, and consideration for the sector’s high levels of systemic and organisational interdependence are essential for its digital resilience and for the sustainability of its digital transformation efforts. The paper describes the implications of these findings for research and management practice.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102583
DO - 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102583
M3 - Article
SN - 0166-4972
JO - Technovation
JF - Technovation
M1 - 102583
ER -