Sustainable value generation from digital health investments: lessons from EU-funded projects preceding the European health data space
Our findings underscore the importance of strong knowledge governance for publicly funded international digital health initiatives. We recommend funders to implement stronger instruments for mandating open-access publications that are peer-reviewed and the systematic archiving of all project deliverables with citable identifiers. Implementing these measures within publicly funded programmes can limit loss of knowledge and foster sustainable open innovation, promoting more effective and efficient public investment backing digital health systems worldwide.
Authors
- Anderson Oliveira do Carmo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4646-513X)
- Catherine Chronaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6638-8448)
- Henrique Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7535-5103)
- Simon Lewerenz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3932-2770)
Institutions
- University of Beira Interior (PT)
- European Foundation Centre (BE)
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Medical Informatics
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.106184
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00