Erratum to: Unique challenges experienced during the process of implementing mobile health information technology in developing countries

Abstract Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is a global health problem, especially in developing countries. Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes (AMS) have been shown to be effective at reducing antimicrobial resistance and hospital patient stays. Health information technology (HIT) can support Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) through more accurate diagnosis and management of infectious diseases. Aim To evaluate the knowledge and attitude of Egyptian healthcare professionals towards the application of HIT to optimize OPAT. Methods Healthcare professionals who worked in either private or public sectors of Egyptian healthcare system were emailed and asked if they would be willing to complete an electronic questionnaire (using google forms). One reminder was sent by email each week for two weeks (two in total) from the first invitation. The survey was laid out in four sections. The first section included specific details about the healthcare professional’s current employment and role, the second related to HIT services available in their organisations, the third covered their training in HIT and antimicrobial stewardship programmes, and the fourth included their use of HIT to optimize OPAT. Ethical approval was obtained from National Heart Institute, Egypt. Descriptive analysis was carried out for all the variables. One-way ANOVA testing at level of significance P-value <0.05, was used to compare numerical variables. SPSS version 26 was used for statistical analysis. Results Three hundred and eighty-five healthcare professionals were invited to respond to the questionnaire. (The response rate was 75.34% (290)). Of these, 152 (52.6%) were pharmacists, 134 (46.4%) physicians, and 3 (1%) nurses, and many participants (30.8%) had between 6 to 10 years of experience working in either outpatient or in-patient units. Only 15.2% of respondents mentioned that they have access to OPAT in their organizations, 51.2% did not have the service, while 33.6% responded that they did not know if the service was available. However, 27.3% had a training on ASP and 18.3% had a training on HIT. Mean scores for both knowledge (14.31±5.49) and attitude (14.67±2.53) were significantly higher in professionals who had received training in HIT (p = 0.003 & 0.006 respectively). However, scores for attitude were better than scores for knowledge. Conclusions In developing countries, HIT applications in OPAT are still in their infancy with only a few organisations adopting them. Egyptian healthcare professionals showed positive attitudes towards HIT use, especially when their knowledge was improved through training. Two strengths of this study include our high response rate and the wide breadth of different healthcare professionals who responded from both private and public healthcare settings. However, being a questionnaire, some questions were left unanswered and some respondents may not have been aware of their reasons for a particular answer. That said, this study has important implications for practice, with more awareness amongst healthcare professionals required on the availability of HIT services in their hospitals and how further training may be needed on the applications of HIT in optimizing OPAT.

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Health Informatics in Developing Countries: A Review of Unintended Consequences of IT Implementations, as They Affect Patient Safety and Recommendations on How to Address Them

Yearbook of Medical Informatics ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1641611 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (01) ◽

pp. 70-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Almerares ◽

D. Luna ◽

A. Marcelo ◽

M. Househ ◽

H. Mandirola ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Patient Safety ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Health Informatics ◽

Healthcare Organization ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Alert Fatigue ◽

Available Information

SummaryBackground: Patient safety concerns every healthcare organization. Adoption of Health information technology (HIT) appears to have the potential to address this issue, however unanticipated and undesirable consequences from implementing HIT could lead to new and more complex hazards. This could be particularly problematic in developing countries, where regulations, policies and implementations are few, less standandarized and in some cases almost non-existing.Methods: Based on the available information and our own experience, we conducted a review of unintended consequences of HIT implementations, as they affect patient safety in developing countries.Results: We found that user dependency on the system, alert fatigue, less communications among healthcare actors and workarounds topics should be prioritize. Institution should consider existing knowledge, learn from other experiences and model their implementations to avoid known consequences. We also recommend that they monitor and communicate their own efforts to expand knowledge in the region.

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Validity and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Health-ITUES Scale for Usability Assessments of Mobile Health Technology (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.28621 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jisan Lee ◽

Rebecca Schnall

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Usability Evaluation ◽

World Health ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Korean Version ◽

Mhealth Apps

BACKGROUND Rigorous development of mobile technologies requires the use of validated instruments to evaluate the usability of these tools, which has become more relevant with the expansion of these technologies. Although various usability evaluation tools have been developed, there are relatively few simple evaluation instruments which have been validated across diseases and languages in mobile health information technology validated for use for multiple diseases. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to validate the Korean version of the Health Information Technology Usability Evaluation Scale (Korean Health-ITUES) and its applicability for different health conditions. METHODS To develop the Korean Health-ITUES, a validation process was composed of the following three steps: (1) customization of the Health-ITUES for menstrual symptoms, (2) translation to Korean Health-ITUES, and (3) reliability and validity examination. The translation process adhered to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for translation and back translation, expert review, and reconciliation. After developing the Korean Health-ITUES draft, five female nursing science majors who used the menstrual app participated in a pilot test and provided feedback on the content of the instrument. Following this, 244 women were recruited for validation testing. RESULTS The Korean Health-ITUES showed reliable internal consistency with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.951; meanwhile, factor loadings of the 20 items in the 4 subscales ranged from 0.416 to 0.892. CONCLUSIONS The Health-ITUES demonstrated reliability and validity for use in assessing mHealth apps’ usability in young Korean women living with menstrual discomfort. Given the strong psychometric properties of this tool in Korean and English and across two different health conditions, the Health-ITUES is a strong tool for mHealth apps’ usability evaluation. The Health-ITUES is a valid instrument for the evaluation of mHealth technology, which are widely used by patients to self-manage their health and by providers to improve healthcare delivery.

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Mobile health intervention and COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: insights from Indian context

International Journal of Health Governance ◽

10.1108/ijhg-04-2020-0043 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Rajesh R. Pai ◽

Sreejith Alathur

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Health Service ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Health Technology ◽

Content Type ◽

Indian Context

PurposeThis paper discusses the need for government and healthcare organization to implement mobile phone-based solutions for healthcare during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. It also highlights the challenges and/or barriers to the rapid introduction, implementation and management of these and other innovative solutions to health service delivery during the current situationDesign/methodology/approachThe data include both qualitative and quantitative, collected from the primary interview-based case study and questionnaire survey. It also uses insights from the general populations, healthcare professionals and health information technology developers to understand the role of a mobile health intervention in the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.FindingsHealthcare professionals and health information technology developers are confident that the use of mobile health technology and applications has the ability to assist in monitoring and controlling the COVID-19 outbreak. The key advantages of using mobile phone technology are: increased awareness, improved assistance in tracking and testing casualties, improved assistance in seeking and scheduling health information and medical appointments, increased social distancing, improved overall productivity and quality of life. However, data demonstrated that lack of awareness and accessibility or unwillingness to use the technology, complex healthcare needs, application infrastructure, policies and a dearth of training and support are all barriers to successful implementation of this useful tool.Practical implicationsThis research has the potential to make a significant impact on government and healthcare policy through presenting a coherent argument for the importance of designing and deploying mobile health technology and applications for the general population.Originality/valueprior literature in this domain is inadequate in explaining the importance of mobile phone-based healthcare solutions for health service and during serious disease outbreaks and, in particular, within the Indian context. The findings of this study can be used by government and healthcare organizations to improve health governance during the current global pandemic.

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Integration of Mobile Health Applications in Health Information Technology Initiatives

CIN Computers Informatics Nursing ◽

10.1097/cin.0000000000000445 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (5) ◽

pp. 209-213

Author(s):

Yeow Chye Ng ◽

Susan Alexander ◽

Karen H. Frith

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Mobile Health Applications ◽

Technology Initiatives ◽

Health Applications

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Gambaran Penggunaan Teknologi Informasi Kesehatan Pada Pasien Tuberkulosis Paru

Prosiding Seminar Nasional Kesehatan ◽

10.48144/prosiding.v1i.952 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 1915-1924

Author(s):

Rendra Setiawan ◽

I Irnawati

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Literature Review ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Critical Appraisal ◽

Text Messages ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

Pubmed Database ◽

Voice Calls

AbstractLong treatment for tuberculosis, which is 6 months, often makes patients feel bored and forgets to take medicine and causes non-compliance. The development of increasingly high use of smartphones, along with the use of information technology in health, especially for tuberculosis patients, makes many things accessible to patients. By using smartphones, the patients can access the MHealth application, DCC (Drugs Consumption Calendar), SMS gateway, voice calls, and video calls which provide health information and care for tuberculosis patients. It also can make patients obedient to taking medication to increase the TB cure rate. To describe the use of health information technology in pulmonary tuberculosis patients. The design of this study used a literature review of five articles from the PubMed database and Google Scholar. The instrument critical appraisal in this research used Strobe. There were 791 tuberculosis patients (76%) who used information technology in the form of mobile phones. The types of information used included Short Massage Service (SMS) (31% or 246 patients), using the telephone (17.4% or 221 tuberculosis patients), and using video calls (25, 1% or 199 patients). The health information. generally, were a schedule for taking medication and control, reminder to take medication, reporting if there were side effects that occur during treatment, prevention, transmission, food, and patient diet and counseling. The use of health information technology is very helpful in the treatment of TB patients starting from text messages, video calls, and voice calls to improve medication adherence in tuberculosis patients.Keywords: Mobile Health App, SMS, Tuberculosis, Information Technologv, Video Call AbstrakPengobatan tuberkulosis yang lama yaitu 6 bulan sering membuat pasien jenuh dan lupa untuk meminum obat serta menimbulkan ketidak patuhan. Perkembangan pengunaan smartphone yang semakin tinggi, diiringi dengan teknologi informasi dalam kesehatan khususnya pada pasien tuberculosis mulai banyak bermunculan yang dapat diakses menggunakan smartphone diantaranya adalah aplikasi M-Health, DCC (Drugs Consumption Calender), SMS gateway, pangilan suara, video call yang dapat memberikan informasi kesehatan serta perawatan bagi pasien tuberkulosis dan dapat membuat pasien TB patuh minum obat sehingga meningkatkan angka kesembuhan TB. Untuk mengetahui gambaran pengunaan teknologi informasi kesehatan pada pasien tuberculosis paru. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan literature review terhadap lima artikel dari data database PubMed dan Google Scholarinstrument critical appraisal penelitian ini menggunakan Strobe. Sebanyak 791 pasien tuberkulosis (76%) menggunakan teknologi informasi berupa handphone. Jenis informasi yang digunakan antara lain Short Massage Service (SMS) 246 pasien tuberkulosis (31%), penggunaan telefon 221 atau (17,4 %) pasien tuberkulosis, dan yang menggunkan video call sebanyak 199 pasien tuberculosis paru (25,1%). Informasi kesehatan yang diperoleh dari masing-masing artikel umumnya berisi jadwal pengambilan obat dan kontrol, menginggatkan minum obat, melaporkan jika ada efek samping yang timbul pada saat pengobatan, pencegahan, penularan, makanan dan diet pasien serta penyuluhan.Pengunaan teknologi informasi kesehatan sangat membantu dalam pengobatan pasien TB mulai dari pesanteks, pangilan video dan pangilan suara meningkatkan kepatuhan pengobatan pada pasien Tuberkulosis.Kata kunci: Mobile Health App; SMS, Tuberkulosis; Teknologi Informasi; Video Call

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Digital Health and Perioperative Care

Journal of Perioperative Practice ◽

10.1177/175045891702700601 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 126-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Theofanis Fotis

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Digital Health ◽

Personalised Medicine ◽

Wearable Devices ◽

Health Group ◽

Improve Access ◽

The U.S

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ‘the broad scope of digital health includes categories such as mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (IT), wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalised medicine, and is used by providers and other stakeholders in their efforts to reduce inefficiencies, improve access, reduce costs, increase quality, and make medicine more personalised for patients (FDA 2016). More recently, Paul Sonier, a digital health strategist and founder of the Linkedin Digital Health Group with more than 40,000 members, defined digital health as ‘the convergence of the digital and genomic revolutions with health, healthcare, living, and society’ ( storyofdigitalhealth.com 2016).

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