Balancing Personalisation and Interoperability: An Enterprise Architecture Approach to Person-Centred Digital Health

Jordi Piera-Jiménez; Michael Rigby; Kathrin Cresswell; Dari Alhuwail; Elisavet Andrikopoulou

doi:10.3233/SHTI260410

Balancing Personalisation and Interoperability: An Enterprise Architecture Approach to Person-Centred Digital Health

Jordi Piera-Jiménez^*
, Michael Rigby
, Kathrin Cresswell
, Dari Alhuwail
, Elisavet Andrikopoulou

^*Corresponding author for this work

Portsmouth AI and Data Science Centre

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Digital health implementations face a fundamental tension between personalisation (tailoring to individual needs) and interoperability (standardisation for data exchange). This paper distinguishes personalisation from person-centred care, examines how enterprise architecture principles reconcile these competing demands, and proposes a three-layer framework balancing flexibility at user interfaces with standardisation in data infrastructure. The paper argues for organisations to adopt ecosystem-aware design recognising that standardisation and personalisation operate at different architectural layers serving complementary purposes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Opening the Personal Gate between Technology and Health Care
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of MIE 2026
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	1307-1311
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781643686615
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI260410
Publication status	Published - 21 May 2026
Event	Medical Informatics Europe 2026: Opening the Personal Gate between Technology and Health Care - Italy, Genoa Duration: 25 May 2026 → 28 May 2026 https://mie2026.efmi.org/

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	336
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Conference

Conference	Medical Informatics Europe 2026
Abbreviated title	MIE2026
City	Genoa
Period	25/05/26 → 28/05/26
Internet address	https://mie2026.efmi.org/

Keywords

customisation
digital health
enterprise architecture
interoperability
person-centred care
personalisation

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Medical Informatics Europe 2026
Andrikopoulou, E. (Member of programme committee) & Andrikopoulou, E. (Presented paper)
20 Sept 2025 → 28 May 2026
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Piera-Jiménez, J., Rigby, M., Cresswell, K., Alhuwail, D., & Andrikopoulou, E. (2026). Balancing Personalisation and Interoperability: An Enterprise Architecture Approach to Person-Centred Digital Health. In Opening the Personal Gate between Technology and Health Care: Proceedings of MIE 2026 (pp. 1307-1311). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 336). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI260410

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Balancing Personalisation and Interoperability: An Enterprise Architecture Approach to Person-Centred Digital Health. / Piera-Jiménez, Jordi; Rigby, Michael; Cresswell, Kathrin et al.
Opening the Personal Gate between Technology and Health Care: Proceedings of MIE 2026. IOS Press, 2026. p. 1307-1311 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 336).

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Balancing Personalisation and Interoperability: An Enterprise Architecture Approach to Person-Centred Digital Health

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