Measuring Perceptions of Openness in Health Information Technology Platforms Results from Pilot Testing Proposed Survey Framework

The paper focuses on the concept of Open Platforms as an emerging Health Information Technology and investigates how subjective perceptions of platform openness can be investigated across different socio-technical dimensions by piloting a novel survey framework among a small sample of domain experts. Using six main topics of inquiry, the framework was able to distinguish between type and degree of platform openness across different implementations of Health Information Technology platforms. The results indicate high aptness and relevance of the included topics. The paper proposes a step towards operationalizing the concept of Open Platforms within the e-health domain, with a special focus on patient records and interoperable systems.