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March 7, 2026Medicine Health Care and PhilosophyOpen Access

Can health technologies be “care optimizers”? A normative evaluation of digital health technologies in light of postphenomenological reflections

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OOOrhan OnderIIIlhan Ilkilic

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Overview

Evaluative framework developed to assess how digital health technologies impact care relations, suggesting new ethical standards.

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate how digital health technologies reshape care relationships, focusing on patient wellbeing.
  • Philosophical analysis of technological mediation in healthcare.
  • Development of a normative evaluative framework integrating quality-of-care scholarship.
  • Application of the framework across five domains: care quality, patient-centeredness, decision-making, access and communication, and care practices.
  • Utilization of clinical decision support systems as a case study.
  • Proposed the care optimizer concept to identify technologies enhancing care delivery.
  • Framework provides actionable guidance for ensuring ethical integration of digital health innovations.
  • Emphasized the need for technologies to align with moral commitments of medicine and enhance patient wellbeing.

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Onder et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69abc2855af8044f7a4ec3f4https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-026-10337-3
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