Designing and implementing a system in healthcare informatics requires a specialized skillset. In this episode, I outline some of the specific skills needed for projects.

• Understanding patient motivation and behavior for system adoption
• Understanding provider needs and constraints as users of a system
• Design considerations for emerging technologies - existing workflows, regulations and maturity levels

• Ramifications of multiple-players landscape: provider/payer/patient relationships
• How other background such as retail, healthcare policy and research contribute to better system design ( ex. Customer journey optimization, data-driven personalization, regulatory navigation, clinical workflow understanding, rigorous methodology, evidence-based validation, UX design for user adoption)