Themes and perceived barriers and facilitators regarding implementation of a personalised digital care pathway
| Themes | Subthemes | |
| 1. Stakeholders’ perceptions of the PDCP | Barriers | Duration of first activation |
| Not suitable for every patient group | ||
| Necessity of up-to-date content | ||
| Still unclear effectiveness | ||
| Facilitators | User friendliness | |
| Perceived usefulness by patients | ||
| Potential efficiency in practice | ||
| Contribution to patient-centred care | ||
| 2. Implementation by HCP in daily practice | Barriers | Individuals express resistance to change |
| Time-consuming implementation | ||
| Non-optimal facilities | ||
| Facilitators | Possibility of incorporation in daily practice | |
| Providing feedback on adoption | ||
| Created support in the medical department by enlisting codesign | ||
| 3. Organisational readiness | Barriers | Lack of long term capacity and resources |
| Rigidity of organisation | ||
| Ongoing merger | ||
| Facilitators | Focus of national policy on digital healthcare | |
| Support from different levels in organisation | ||
| Patients providing incentives for change | ||
| 4. Collaboration within the organisation | Barriers | Mutual communication |
| Lack of clear process agreements | ||
| Facilitators | Multidisciplinary codesign | |
| Appointing a clinical and operational lead | ||
HCP, healthcare professional; PDCP, personalised digital care pathway.