In many cases, the stakeholder group most neglected is the community – the beneficiaries of the health system.
In many cases, the various stakeholder groups are not immediately obvious and some will require technical support to effectively engage.
However, in many cases it is more natural for stakeholders to express such preferences in simple, qualitative terms.
The presence of a neutral facilitator from outside the stakeholders is beneficial in many cases, while at other times a facilitator may be appointed from within a group.
In essence, standards are in many cases associated with non-mandatory agreements between different stakeholders and organisations.
In many cases, they are building partnership and collaborative agreements with external stakeholders (including suppliers) hailing from different markets.
"Government decisions result from the interactions of many internal stakeholders — different agencies and parts of government that, in many cases, have their own world views".
Given the responsibilities of government as a steward, it is expected that in many cases, government officials would take the lead in such a process, working with other stakeholders.
In many cases, eHealth applications are designed by web-technologists who have little knowledge of the key stakeholders, which hinders sustainable adoption of eHealth tools in supportive care.
As markets are continually created, in many cases just beyond the reach of current regulation or government control, corruption becomes mitigated in order to maximize returns for all stakeholders involved.
