This dissertation aims to explore emerging frontiers of accountability in healthcare, understood as evolving forms and conceptions that acknowledge both the broader societal impact of healthcare activities and the diversity of stakeholders involved. First, it examines the role and practices of non-financial reporting in the public healthcare sector, broadly conceived to encompass both external reporting and internal performance measurement systems. It then investigates how SDG accounting, as a specific form of non-financial accounting, can be used to measure and report the contribution of digital healthcare services to the achievement of Sustainable Development. In doing so, the study reveals that, on the one hand, healthcare organizations can use these practices to enhance accountability for their efforts toward the 2030 Agenda; on the other hand, new challenges emerge in the adoption and implementation of these non-financial accountability mechanisms. Finally, the dissertation explores the role of digitalization in healthcare, particularly public digital services, not only as a driver of sustainable value creation that requires appropriate non-financial accountability approaches, but also as a medium through which accountability for value creation can be strengthened. Accordingly, these services provide unprecedented opportunities for data collection and use.
Questa tesi si propone di esplorare le nuove frontiere dell’accountability in ambito sanitario, intesa come l’evoluzione di forme e concezioni che tengono conto sia dell’impatto sociale più ampio delle attività sanitarie sia della pluralità di stakeholder coinvolti. In primo luogo, la ricerca analizza il ruolo e le pratiche della rendicontazione non finanziaria nel settore sanitario pubblico, intesa in senso ampio come comprensiva sia delle pratiche di reporting esterno sia dei sistemi interni di misurazione delle performance. Successivamente, la tesi esamina come la contabilità orientata agli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile (SDG accounting), quale specifica forma di contabilità non finanziaria, possa essere utilizzata per misurare e rendicontare il contributo dei servizi sanitari digitali al raggiungimento dello Sviluppo Sostenibile. In questo percorso di analisi, lo studio evidenzia che, da un lato, le organizzazioni sanitarie possono avvalersi di tali pratiche per rafforzare la propria accountability rispetto agli impegni assunti nell’ambito dell’Agenda 2030; dall’altro lato, emergono nuove sfide legate all’adozione e all’implementazione di questi meccanismi di accountability non finanziaria. Infine, la tesi approfondisce il ruolo della digitalizzazione in sanità, con particolare riferimento ai servizi pubblici digitali, non solo come driver della creazione di valore sostenibile, che richiede adeguati approcci di accountability non finanziaria, ma anche come mezzo attraverso il quale l’accountability per la creazione di valore può essere ulteriormente rafforzata. In tal senso, tali servizi offrono opportunità senza precedenti per la raccolta e l’utilizzo dei dati.
NEW FRONTIERS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SECTOR: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING AND DIGITALIZATION
Pisarra, Martina
2026
Abstract
This dissertation aims to explore emerging frontiers of accountability in healthcare, understood as evolving forms and conceptions that acknowledge both the broader societal impact of healthcare activities and the diversity of stakeholders involved. First, it examines the role and practices of non-financial reporting in the public healthcare sector, broadly conceived to encompass both external reporting and internal performance measurement systems. It then investigates how SDG accounting, as a specific form of non-financial accounting, can be used to measure and report the contribution of digital healthcare services to the achievement of Sustainable Development. In doing so, the study reveals that, on the one hand, healthcare organizations can use these practices to enhance accountability for their efforts toward the 2030 Agenda; on the other hand, new challenges emerge in the adoption and implementation of these non-financial accountability mechanisms. Finally, the dissertation explores the role of digitalization in healthcare, particularly public digital services, not only as a driver of sustainable value creation that requires appropriate non-financial accountability approaches, but also as a medium through which accountability for value creation can be strengthened. Accordingly, these services provide unprecedented opportunities for data collection and use.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/362902
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