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E-health in Primary Care: Trends and Advances in Applications, Usage and Implementation

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 8360

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Roland Friele

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Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: health services research
Dr. Lilian van Tuyl

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Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: quality and organization of care; e-health; implementation; primary care
Dr. Anita Suijkerbuijk

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National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Interests: e-health; prevention; health economics; evaluation of national programs
Dr. Jiska Aardoom

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Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: eHealth; public health and prevention; chronic disease; mental health; self-management
Dr. Anke Versluis

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Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: mHealth; eHealth; mental health; behavioral change; self-management; chronic diseases

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Primary care organizations, such as general practices, pharmacists and physiotherapists, are continuously challenged to provide affordable, accessible and high quality care. E-health, which is defined as ‘health services and information delivered or enhanced through the Internet and related technologies’, might help to accomplish this. Modern technology enables remote care and can promote patient self-management. There is a rapid growth of e-health applications, and a growing number of people and healthcare organizations are recognizing the added value of e-health. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent social distancing measures have further stimulated the use of technology to provide remote care.

This transition from traditional healthcare to more digital healthcare does not take place over night and requires in-depth insight into the experiences and perceptions of healthcare providers and healthcare consumers. In addition, a thorough understanding of how e-health can be optimally integrated in the care processes is a prerequisite for the sustainable implementation of e-health within healthcare organizations.

This special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on the use of e-health technology in primary care and the perspectives and experiences of health care professionals and health care consumers with e-health technology. Original research papers, reviews, and case reports are welcome to this issue. Papers dealing with experiences gained during the COVID-19 pandemic are also welcome. Other manuscript types accepted include methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.

We welcome manuscripts with different topics, including implementation,  epidemiology, intervention studies, patient safety, and cost-effectiveness studies.

Prof. Dr. Roland Friele
Dr. Lilian van Tuyl
Dr. Anita Suijkerbuijk
Dr. Jiska Aardoom
Dr. Anke Versluis
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • General practice
  • primary care
  • paramedic care
  • prevention
  • perspectives
  • experiences
  • e-health
  • innovation
  • COVID-19
  • implementation

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Use of E-Health in Dutch General Practice during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Jelle Keuper, Ronald Batenburg, Robert Verheij and Lilian van Tuyl
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(23), 12479; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph182312479 - 26 Nov 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced general practices to search for possibilities to provide healthcare remotely (e.g., e-health). In this study, the impact of the pandemic on the use of e-health in general practices in the Netherlands was investigated. In addition, the intention of [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced general practices to search for possibilities to provide healthcare remotely (e.g., e-health). In this study, the impact of the pandemic on the use of e-health in general practices in the Netherlands was investigated. In addition, the intention of practices to continue using e-health more intensively and differences in the use of e-health between practice types were investigated. For this purpose, web surveys were sent to general practices in April and July 2020. Descriptive data analysis was performed and differences in the use of e-health between practice types were tested using one-way ANOVA. Response rates were 34% (n = 1433) in April and 17% (n = 719) in July. The pandemic invoked an increased use of several (new) e-health applications. A minority of practices indicated the intention to maintain this increased use. In addition, small differences in the use of e-health between the different practice types were found. This study showed that although there was an increased uptake of e-health in Dutch general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, only a minority of practices intends to maintain this increased use in the future. This may point towards a temporary uptake of digital healthcare delivery rather than accelerated implementation of digital processes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue E-health in Primary Care: Trends and Advances in Applications, Usage and Implementation)
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Validation of a Virtual Assistant for Improving Medication Adherence in Patients with Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Depressive Disorder
by Surya Roca, María Luisa Lozano, José García and Álvaro Alesanco
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(22), 12056; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph182212056 - 17 Nov 2021
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Virtual assistants are programs that interact with users through text or voice messages simulating a human-based conversation. The development of healthcare virtual assistants that use messaging platforms is rapidly increasing. Still, there is a lack of validation of these assistants. In particular, this [...] Read more.
Virtual assistants are programs that interact with users through text or voice messages simulating a human-based conversation. The development of healthcare virtual assistants that use messaging platforms is rapidly increasing. Still, there is a lack of validation of these assistants. In particular, this work aimed to validate the effectiveness of a healthcare virtual assistant, integrated within messaging platforms, with the aim of improving medication adherence in patients with comorbid type 2 diabetes mellitus and depressive disorder. For this purpose, a nine-month pilot study was designed and subsequently conducted. The virtual assistant reminds patients about their medication and provides healthcare professionals with the ability to monitor their patients. We analyzed the medication possession ratio (MPR), measured the level of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and obtained the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) score in the patients before and after the study. We also conducted interviews with all participants. A total of thirteen patients and five nurses used and evaluated the proposed virtual assistant using the messaging platform Signal. Results showed that on average, the medication adherence improved. In the final interview, 69% of the patients agreed with the idea of continuing to use the virtual assistant after the study. Full article
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Barriers and Benefits of the Scheduled Telephone Referral Model (DETELPROG): A Qualitative Approach
by Luis Miguel Azogil-López, Valle Coronado-Vázquez, Juan José Pérez-Lázaro, Juan Gómez-Salgado and Esther María Medrano-Sánchez
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(10), 5280; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18105280 - 16 May 2021
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The recently developed scheduled mobile-telephone referral model (DETELPROG) has achieved especially important results in reducing waiting days for patients, but it has been decided to explore what barriers and positive aspects were detected by both primary care physicians (PCPs) and hospital attending physicians [...] Read more.
The recently developed scheduled mobile-telephone referral model (DETELPROG) has achieved especially important results in reducing waiting days for patients, but it has been decided to explore what barriers and positive aspects were detected by both primary care physicians (PCPs) and hospital attending physicians (HAPs) regarding its use. For this, a qualitative descriptive study was carried out through six semi-structured interviews and two focus groups in a sample of eleven PCPs and five HAPs. Interviews were carried out from September 2019 to February 2020. Data were analysed by creating the initial categories, recording the sessions, transcribing the information, by doing a comprehensive reading of the texts obtained, and analysing the contents. The results show that DETELPROG gives the PCP greater prominence as a patient’s health coordinator by improving their relationship and patient safety; it also improves the relationship between PCP and HAP, avoiding unnecessary face-to-face referrals and providing safety to the PCP when making decisions. The barriers for DETELPROG to be used by PCP were defensive medicine, patients’ skepticism in DETELPROG, healthcare burden, and inability to focus on the patient or interpret a sign, symptom, or diagnostic test. For HAP, the barriers were lack of confidence in the PCP and complexity of the patient. As a conclusion, DETELPROG referral model provides a lot of advantages and does not pose any new barrier to face-to-face referral or other non-face-to-face referral models, so it should be implemented in primary care. Full article
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