Person-Centered Practice and the Digital Society (PCP-DS)
The research group initiates, conducts, and disseminates research on person-centered practice and digitization in healthcare services. PCP-DS is committed to ensuring that the research focus on practice and conducted with, about, and for patients, relatives, healthcare personnel, and students. The research in PCP-DS contributes to Østfold University of Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Health, Welfare, and Organization's overall research strategy. Research involving digitization in healthcare services focuses on the priority area of the Digital Society and the thematic subject area DigiHealth.
Purpose
PCP-DS aims to contribute to a forward-thinking, high-quality healthcare service by developing and disseminating knowledge about person-centered practice and digitization in healthcare. Research focus includes:
• Implementation of and experiences with person-centered practice in municipal and specialist healthcare services
• Digital solutions and their interaction in various contexts and from different perspectives
• Opportunities, challenges, and consequences of digitization in healthcare services for person-centered practice
• Organizational factors affecting person-centered healthcare and/or the introduction of digital solutions