Dr. Christine Jacob
Dr. Christine Jacob
Activities at FHNW
Lecturer and Health-Tech Researcher, Institute for Competitiveness and Communication
With over 20 years of industry experience and a PhD in Technology Adoption in Healthcare, Christine is a seasoned healthcare executive that held several leading international positions in major Pharma companies such as Roche and Novartis. Her career encompassed several Digital Strategy roles, where her aim was to help her stakeholders to adopt creative and innovative user engagement strategies, successfully connecting with their key stakeholders to create relevant and sustainable digital health solutions and implementation strategies.
Her research and consulting work focuses on Healthcare Technology adoption and implementation, looking into the social, organisational, and technical factors impacting user acceptance of novel digital health tools. She led several research projects involving Pharma, digital health startups, and diverse clinics and hospitals across Europe.
She is a lecturer and health tech researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, and a senior business consultant and strategy advisor to several major players in the healthcare industry, in addition to her work with Digital Health startups. She also serves as a member of the Editorial board of JMIR Human Factors.
In her role as an Innosuisse Expert (the Swiss Innovation Agency), she assists the Innovation Council with examining applications for funding and during accompanying projects. It is her job to endorse, or oppose, applications for innovation projects in the eHealth area.
Christine began teaching at the FHNW in 2014, primarily within the International Business Management programs at both the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. In addition to her core teaching role, she also serves as a guest lecturer in the field of eHealth. Over the years, she has been invited to lecture in various Master’s, CAS, and MAS programs at esteemed institutions such as ETH Zurich, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in collaboration with the University of Basel, and FH Graubünden, among others.
Sample Recorded Talks
- Key challenges and opportunities for eHealth adoption and scale-up, 4th Swiss Congress for Tele-emergency Medicine and Digital Health (2023)
- Towards successful adoption of healthcare technologies, DayOne LabTalk (2020)
- Digital Health and User Engagement: the challenges and opportunities, Impetus Fireside chat (2020)
- From usability to adoption, creating mHealth solutions that work, imito AG keynote (2019)
Her research focus lies primarily in the adoption and implementation of technology within healthcare settings. Her work examines the social, organizational, and technical factors that influence the adoption of eHealth technologies, as well as the broader challenges and opportunities associated with their uptake. Additionally, her research explores the diffusion of innovation within healthcare organizations, providing valuable insights into how new technologies are integrated and sustained. Below is a list of selected relevant grants that exemplify this focus.
- Prototype Validation Of A Companion App For Lower Endoscopy Patients (1 INNO-ICT)
- Criteria to Assess Quality & Impact of eHealth Tools: A Practical Toolbox (445.1 IP-ICT)
- From testers to co-creators: the value and approaches to successful patient engagement in the development of digital health solutions (60330.1 INNO-ICT)
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Peer reviewedJacob, C., Lindeque, J. P., Klein, A., Ivory, C., Heuss, S., & Peter, M. K. (2023). Assessing the quality and impact of eHealth tools: systematic literature review and narrative synthesis. JMIR Human Factors, 10. https://doi.org/10.2196/45143
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Peer reviewedJacob, C., Bourke, S., & Heuss, S. (2022). From testers to co-creators. The value and approaches to successful patient engagement in the development of eHealth solutions - qualitative expert interviews study. JMIR Human Factors, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.2196/41481
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Peer reviewedJacob, C., Sezgin, E., Sanchez-Vazquez, A., & Ivory, C. (2022). Sociotechnical factors affecting patients’ adoption of mobile health tools: systematic literature review and narrative synthesis. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(5), e36284. https://doi.org/10.2196/36284
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Peer reviewedJacob, C., Sanchez-Vazquez, A., & Ivory, C. (2020). Understanding clinicians’ adoption of mobile health tools: a qualitative review of the most used frameworks. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(7), e18072. https://doi.org/10.2196/18072
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Peer reviewedJacob, C., Sanchez-Vazquez, A., & Ivory, C. (2020). Social, organizational, and technological factors impacting clinicians’ adoption of mobile health tools: systematic literature review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2), e15935. https://doi.org/10.2196/15935
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Peer reviewedJacob, C., Sanchez-Vazquez, A., & Ivory, C. (2020). Factors impacting clinicians’ adoption of a clinical photo documentation app and its implications for clinical workflows and quality of care: qualitative case study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(9), e20203. https://doi.org/10.2196/20203
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Peer reviewedSchmalz, O., Jacob, C., Ammann, J., Liss, B., Iivanainen, S., Kammermann, M., Koivunen, J., Klein, A., & Popescu, R. A. (2020). Digital monitoring and management of patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with cancer immunotherapy and its impact on quality of clinical care. Interview and survey study among health care professionals and patients. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(12). https://doi.org/10.2196/18655
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Peer reviewedJacob, C., Sanchez-Vazquez, A., & Ivory, C. (2019). Clinicians’ role in the adoption of an oncology decision support app in europe and its implications for organizational practices. Qualitative case study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(5). https://doi.org/10.2196/13555
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Knezevic, M. (2023). Key drivers for successful use of e-business tools for e-commerce in the retail sector [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/41914
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Theivendran, S., & Reid, C. (2023). A Creation of Swiss Vibes’ Content Marketing Strategy [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/41807
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Lurtz, J. (2023). Factors impacting the adoption and potential reimbursement of a Virtual Reality tool for Pain Management in Switzerland: a qualitative case study [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/41877
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Schulte, A. (2023). Absence management in nursing with employee health-talks: Are we on the right track? [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/42082
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Liechti, M. (2023). Herausforderungen und Chancen bei der Kommunikation im Bereich Rare Diseases und Orphan Drugs [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/42191
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Alvarez-Gayosso, C. (2023). Digital Content Strategy of the B.Sc. Degrees at the FHNW, School of Business [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/42087
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Schär, S. (2020). Gamification in the Pharmaceutical industry EchoRight acceptance model [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/39648
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Kälin, F. (2019). Communication Strategy for DE BORD INTERNATIONAL - Online Marketing Communication Strategy [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/40739
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Lüthi, O. (2019). Development of an online presence through a social media strategy for a start-up company in the field of personal coaching [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/40726
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Metzmeier, R. (2019). Development of an online marketing concept and action plan based on the newly developed website [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/40741
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Eglauf, A., & Bugmann, C. (2019). better inform Twinings’ content strategy for the Swiss market [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/40718
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Erdin, M. (2019). Digital Marketing Strategy For merakoi’s brands [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/40720
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Joller, R. (2019). Communication strategy for netto Einkaufsgruppe AG [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/40696
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Brusch, A. C. (2018). Fundamental Factors for a viable Digital Media Strategy for Koppelmann Optik [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/41280
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Signer, P. (2018). Social Media communication strategy [Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW]. https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/41305
Contact
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Dr. Christine Jacob
- Lecturer and Health-Tech Researcher, Institute for Competitiveness and Communication
- Telephone
- +41 62 957 29 78 (direct)
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- FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
School of Business
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CH – 4600 Olten