Using COMPASS (Context Optimisation Model for Person-Centred Analysis and Systematic Solutions) Theory to Augment Implementation of Digital Health Solutions

Abstract

Digital health research is an emerging discipline that requires easy-to-understand theoretical frameworks and implementation models for digital health providers in health and social care settings. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the demand for digital health discipline-specific instruction on how to manage evidence-based digital health transformation. Access to the use of these models guarantees that digital health providers can investigate phenomena using safe and suitable approaches and methods to conduct research and identify answers to challenges and problems that arise in health and social care settings. The COMPASS theory is designed to aid transformation of health and social care environments. A navigational rose of primary quadrants is divided by four main compass points, with person-centred care being central to the philosophy. Two axes produce Cartesian planes that intersect to form a box plot, which can be used to discover human and physical resource weightings to augment digital health research design and implementation. A third continuum highlights stakeholders’ capabilities, which are critical for any multidisciplinary study. The COMPASS mnemonic guides end users through the process of design, development, implementation, evaluation, and communication of digital health transformations. The theory’s foundations are presented and explained in context of the ‘new normal’ of health and social care delivery.

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“…The Context Optimisation Model for Person-centred Analysis and Systematic Solutions (COMPASS) offers a theoretical framework and implementation model for increasing adoption of digital health solutions and capabilities in healthcare environments [12]. As a visual and narrative framework, COMPASS is a communication guide and mnemonic for a transformative digital health mindset that can assist healthcare workforces review any digital health issue in a systematic, person-centred manner.…”

“…As a visual and narrative framework, COMPASS is a communication guide and mnemonic for a transformative digital health mindset that can assist healthcare workforces review any digital health issue in a systematic, person-centred manner. COMPASS includes characteristics that digitally capable health professionals need to consider before engaging with any individual or research actions outlined in Table 1 [12].…”