Digital health ecosystems involve diverse stakeholders—providers, patients, and laypersons—interacting to shape care delivery. While information systems research has advanced in understanding the technological foundations, significant research gaps remain regarding how value is created and distributed in these settings. The special issue seeks papers addressing two core trajectories: understanding diverse forms of value that digital technologies create in healthcare ecosystems, and examining how value should be distributed among participants over time.
The journal welcomes both cumulative research advancing understanding of value creation and distribution, and contrarian studies challenging prevailing assumptions. Research often assumes large data volumes will generate substantial benefits, yet in practice clinicians frequently lack data in the required format, quality, or volume. Submissions should offer fresh perspectives on creating and distributing value in digital health ecosystems, informed by both information systems and adjacent disciplines.