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Demystifying the Role of Digital Leadership in the Healthcare Industry: A Systematic Review Towards the Development of a Digital Leadership Framework in the Healthcare Industry

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The healthcare industry has observed several changes in its operations over the past decades due to continuous innovation and new technologies. To combat the challenges of the digital world, digital leadership has become a necessity of the industry. Due to the growing significance of digital leadership across the globe, researchers are trying to understand what digital leadership entails and how today’s leaders can be transformed into digital leaders to be successful in today’s highly technology-driven world. Despite its growing importance, the healthcare industry has been slow in the adaptation of digital leadership along with the gap in research present. The current study aims to focus on the development of a digital leadership framework specific to the healthcare industry by conducting a systematic literature review. To address the purpose of this study, three databases – Google Scholar, EBSCO Host and Scopus were searched to retrieve 821 relevant articles. After the considerable screening, 47 articles were chosen for inclusion in the current review. From the review of literature, 37 attributes required by digital leaders in the healthcare industry were identified, which were grouped around six themes. The themes identified include leadership and learning, working with others, using technology, understanding informatics, research and innovation, and digital analytics. Implications and future research directions are also discussed.

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Hussain, M., Sarfraz, I., Sharma, A. (2023). Demystifying the Role of Digital Leadership in the Healthcare Industry: A Systematic Review Towards the Development of a Digital Leadership Framework in the Healthcare Industry. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14029. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35748-0_4

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