Patients' perspectives on digital health tools
Objective: Digital technology has changed the way healthcare is delivered and accessed. However, the focus is mostly on technology and clinical aspects. This review aimed to integrate and critically analyse the available knowledge regarding patients' perspectives on digital health tools and ide...
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| author | Samaneh Madanian Ivana Nakarada-Kordic Stephen Reay T'heniel Chetty |
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| description | Objective: Digital technology has changed the way healthcare is delivered and accessed. However, the focus is mostly on technology and clinical aspects. This review aimed to integrate and critically analyse the available knowledge regarding patients' perspectives on digital health tools and identify facilitators and barriers to their uptake. Methods: A narrative review was conducted using the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. Information related to facilitators and barriers to uptake was synthesised and interpreted using thematic and content analyses, respectively. Results: Seventy-one out of 1722 articles identified were eligible for inclusion. Patient empowerment, self-management, and personalisation were identified as the main factors that contributed to patient uptake in using digital health tools. Digital literacy, health literacy, and privacy concerns were identified as barriers to the uptake of digital health technology. Conclusion: Digital health technologies have changed the way healthcare is experienced by patients. Research highlights the disconnect between the development and implementation of digital health tools and the patients they are created for. This review may serve as the foundation for future research incorporating patients' perspectives to help increase patients' engagement with emerging technologies. Innovation: Participatory design approaches have the potential to support the creation of patient-centred digital health tools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45499862849747a48ec7e27b0cf4e9592023-06-21T07:01:50ZengElsevierPEC Innovation2772-62822023-12-012100171Patients' perspectives on digital health toolsSamaneh Madanian0Ivana Nakarada-Kordic1Stephen Reay2T'heniel Chetty3Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Science, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 6 St. Paul Street, AUT WZ Building, Auckland 1010, New Zealand; Corresponding author at: Auckland University of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.Good Health Design, School of Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 27 St. Paul Street, AUT WE Building, Auckland 1010, New ZealandGood Health Design, School of Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 27 St. Paul Street, AUT WE Building, Auckland 1010, New ZealandGood Health Design, School of Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 27 St. Paul Street, AUT WE Building, Auckland 1010, New ZealandObjective: Digital technology has changed the way healthcare is delivered and accessed. However, the focus is mostly on technology and clinical aspects. This review aimed to integrate and critically analyse the available knowledge regarding patients' perspectives on digital health tools and identify facilitators and barriers to their uptake. Methods: A narrative review was conducted using the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. Information related to facilitators and barriers to uptake was synthesised and interpreted using thematic and content analyses, respectively. Results: Seventy-one out of 1722 articles identified were eligible for inclusion. Patient empowerment, self-management, and personalisation were identified as the main factors that contributed to patient uptake in using digital health tools. Digital literacy, health literacy, and privacy concerns were identified as barriers to the uptake of digital health technology. Conclusion: Digital health technologies have changed the way healthcare is experienced by patients. Research highlights the disconnect between the development and implementation of digital health tools and the patients they are created for. This review may serve as the foundation for future research incorporating patients' perspectives to help increase patients' engagement with emerging technologies. Innovation: Participatory design approaches have the potential to support the creation of patient-centred digital health tools.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772628223000511Digital health technologiesPatient-centered careTelerehabilitationTelehealthMobile healthDigital health |
| spellingShingle | Samaneh Madanian Ivana Nakarada-Kordic Stephen Reay T'heniel Chetty Patients' perspectives on digital health tools PEC Innovation Digital health technologies Patient-centered care Telerehabilitation Telehealth Mobile health Digital health |
| title | Patients' perspectives on digital health tools |
| title_full | Patients' perspectives on digital health tools |
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| title_short | Patients' perspectives on digital health tools |
| title_sort | patients perspectives on digital health tools |
| topic | Digital health technologies Patient-centered care Telerehabilitation Telehealth Mobile health Digital health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772628223000511 |
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