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eHealth solutions for Covid-19 and patientinvolvement (Preprint)
UNSTRUCTURED Many eHealth researchers at present hope for telemedicine to solve health issues during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, and we agree that this is to hope for. However, most eHealth solutions have focus on the health care systems perspective and not necessarily the patients. With set-off in Covid-19 case-stories in the public media, our own experience from being healthcare professionals in this pandemic and experiences from previous research on eHealth and patient involvement in other severe illnesses, we here focus on eHealth solutions for Covid-19 and patientinvolvement, which may be of special importance, when the issue is isolation and quarantine. Going through a group of eHealth providers’ perception of their tool’s functionality according to eHealth solutions for Covid-19, we find that nearly all the solutions have potential for patient involvement, and it is our hypothesis that these solutions may benefit from patient involvement to integrate the healthcare systems needs and the patient’s needs, ensuring an improved outcome. Especially, when it comes to eHealth solutions to overcome isolation and quarantine patientinvolvement may be crucial to secure a successful, user-friendly and meaningful tool. During the Covid-19 pandemic every possible tool avoiding feelings of loneliness, stress and anxiety is needed. We hope, that the Covid-19 pandemic can benefit from existing technologies used with the patient’s perspective to help solve the patients’ needs.