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CARE-IT Framework

Governance for Digital Clinical Infrastructure

CARE-IT is a reference framework for governing clinically relevant digital infrastructure in healthcare organizations.

It focuses on clinical system constellations rather than isolated products or applications, aligning architecture, responsibility, risk, lifecycle, and innovation with clinical value.

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CARE-IT RingCARE-IT framework ring with six governance domainsCARE-ITClinical ValueArchitectureResponsibilityRisk & SafetyLifecycleInnovation

Scope

What CARE-IT applies to

CARE-IT Scope DiagramScope of the CARE-IT framework across healthcare organization, digital clinical infrastructure and clinical system constellationsHealthcare OrganizationDigital Clinical InfrastructureClinical System ConstellationsRadiology ImagingCardiology Cath LabPatient MonitoringLaboratory DiagnosticsApplications · Devices · Data · IntegrationCARE-IT Governance Domains

CARE-IT applies to digital clinical infrastructure and addresses clinical system constellations composed of applications, devices, data, and integration.

Framework Logic

How CARE-IT works

Principles

Normative orientation for how digital clinical infrastructure should be governed.

Domains

Governance domains that structure how clinical system constellations are managed.

Artifacts

Practical instruments for applying the framework in decision-making, operation, and change.