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Ohannessian R, Yaghobian S, Simon R, Poinsot-Chaize G, Hiridjee S, Gleize JC, Pierme JP, Amar N, Merlaud C, Maudoux C, Zerah B, Lescure F, Salomon J. Evaluating the Impact of Teleconsultations on Access to Ambulatory Primary Care in Medically Underserved Areas: A National Observational Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study. Telemed J E Health 2024; 30:570-578. [PMID: 37643308 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2023.0274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Introduction: Access to care is a major public health concern particularly in medically underserved areas (MUAs) (Zones d'Interventions Prioritaires). Teleconsultations were legalized in France in 2010, however, have been reimbursed by the national health insurance since 2018. Large-scale studies assessing the impact of teleconsultations on access to care are limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of teleconsultations in MUAs at a national scale. Methods: An observational, multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in seven teleconsultation centers. Teleconsultations were included if they were with patients living in France and received ambulatory care at primary ambulatory care settings by registered medical doctors between August 1 and November 30, 2021. Each center provided a randomized sample of 3,000 case data per month, yielding a total of 84,000 patients. Teleconsultation incidence was measured in MUAs and non-MUAs as the primary outcome. Results: In total, 25.1% of French patients lived in MUAs, with a mean age of 30.1 ± 0.08 years. Incidence of teleconsultations was 1,964 per 100,000 compared with 787 per 100,000 in non-MUAs (p < 0.0001). Teleconsultations were mostly performed during the day (88.6%), on weekdays (90.6%), were booked (88.3%), involved a general practitioner (GP) (89.0%), and were carried out as a video consultation (96.5%). The median delay to access was 60 min for GPs. Discussion: This was the largest study of teleconsultations in France and the first in the world to pool data from competing telemedicine companies. The incidence of teleconsultations was higher in MUAs, which may show that teleconsultations improve access to care. Clinical Trial Registration number: NCT05311241.
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- Teladoc, Paris, France
- Les Entreprises de Télémédecine, LET, Paris, France
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Morag I, Kedmi-Shahar E, Arad D. Remote Communications between Patients and General Practitioners: Do Patients Choose the Most Effective Communication Routes? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:7188. [PMID: 38131739 PMCID: PMC10742481 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20247188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The use of remote communication between patients and general practitioners has greatly increased worldwide, especially following the COVID-19 outbreak. Yet, it is important to evaluate the impact of this shift on healthcare quality. This study aimed at evaluating remote healthcare quality by comparing four remote patient-to-physician communication modes used in Israel. The research methodology entailed criteria-based analysis conducted by healthcare quality experts and a subjective patient-perception questionnaire regarding the healthcare quality attributed to each mode and the extent to which each mode was used. Our findings indicate that the extent to which each mode is used was found to be inversely related to its rated quality. As such, the common assumption whereby patients tend to choose the mode of communication that will most likely ensure high service quality is refuted. Our findings also indicate that remote services often hinder the physician's understanding of the patient's clinical issues, as patients encounter difficulties in correctly articulating and conveying them; such services also hinder the patient's understanding of the recommended course of treatment. These findings should be addressed by policymakers for improving remote communication services to ensure optimal healthcare service quality.
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- Ido Morag
- School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat-Gan 5252626, Israel
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- Ministry of Health—State of Patient Safety Division, Ministry of Health—State of Israel, 39 Yirmiyahu St., P.O. Box 1176, Jerusalem 9446724, Israel;
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- Clalit Health Services, Innovation Division, 40 Toval St., Ramat Gan 5252247, Israel;
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Liu D, Son S, Cao J. The determinants of public acceptance of telemedicine apps: an innovation diffusion perspective. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1325031. [PMID: 38155881 PMCID: PMC10753762 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1325031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023] Open
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With the rapid advancement of information technology, telemedicine apps have gradually become an indispensable tool for providing patients with more convenient, efficient, and accessible healthcare services. However, the successful implementation of these apps largely depends on widespread acceptance among the public. To thoroughly investigate the factors influencing the public's acceptance of these apps and the relationships between these factors, this study developed a theoretical model based on the Diffusion of Innovation theory and the Theory of Perceived Value. To validate this model, we conducted a survey of 387 residents in Beijing, China, and employed structural equation modeling to analyze the collected data. The research findings indicate that attributes of innovation diffusion, including relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability, significantly and positively influence the public's perceived value. Particularly noteworthy is that perceived value partially mediates the relationship between innovation attributes and public acceptance, emphasizing the crucial role of perceived value in the public decision-making process. This study employed a theory-driven approach to elucidate the acceptance of telemedicine apps and offers fresh insights into the existing literature. By integrating the research paradigms of innovation diffusion and customer perceived value, we provide a coherent explanation of how individual cognitive processes lead to acceptance behavior. In summary, this research enriches the existing theoretical studies on the acceptance of telemedicine apps and holds positive implications for healthcare practice.
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- Dong Liu
- Department of Global Business, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Global Business, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Business, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Hiwale M, Walambe R, Potdar V, Kotecha K. A systematic review of privacy-preserving methods deployed with blockchain and federated learning for the telemedicine. HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 3:100192. [PMID: 37223223 PMCID: PMC10160179 DOI: 10.1016/j.health.2023.100192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The unexpected and rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the acceptance of remote healthcare systems such as telemedicine. Telemedicine effectively provides remote communication, better treatment recommendation, and personalized treatment on demand. It has emerged as the possible future of medicine. From a privacy perspective, secure storage, preservation, and controlled access to health data with consent are the main challenges to the effective deployment of telemedicine. It is paramount to fully overcome these challenges to integrate the telemedicine system into healthcare. In this regard, emerging technologies such as blockchain and federated learning have enormous potential to strengthen the telemedicine system. These technologies help enhance the overall healthcare standard when applied in an integrated way. The primary aim of this study is to perform a systematic literature review of previous research on privacy-preserving methods deployed with blockchain and federated learning for telemedicine. This study provides an in-depth qualitative analysis of relevant studies based on the architecture, privacy mechanisms, and machine learning methods used for data storage, access, and analytics. The survey allows the integration of blockchain and federated learning technologies with suitable privacy techniques to design a secure, trustworthy, and accurate telemedicine model with a privacy guarantee.
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- Madhuri Hiwale
- Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune 412115, India
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- Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune 412115, India
- Symbiosis Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence (SCAAI), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune 412115, India
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- Blockchain R&D Lab, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University, Perth 6107, Australia
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- Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune 412115, India
- Symbiosis Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence (SCAAI), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune 412115, India
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Stummer FO, Voggenberger L, Gomez Pellin MDLC, van Poel E, Willems S, Hoffmann K. Insights into the use of telemedicine in primary care in times of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic - a cross-sectional analysis based on the international PRICOV-19 study in Austria. BMC PRIMARY CARE 2023; 24:218. [PMID: 37875808 PMCID: PMC10598885 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-02113-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The SARS-CoV2 pandemic as well as the implementation of public health measures to decrease the spread of the virus re-sparked the call for "virtual" health or "distance" treatments. This paper aimed to assess the use of video consultations, the up-to-dateness of practice websites, and the views of GPs on whether eHealth is a positive aspect for the future of their practices in publicly -funded primary healthcare facilities in Austria. METHODS The cross-sectional online questionnaire, part of the PRICOV-19 study, was conducted from December 2020 until July 2021. We randomly recruited 176 GP practices across Austria. Descriptive statistics as well as binary logistic regression models were applied to examine the associations between telemedicine use and practice factors. RESULTS Compared with before the pandemic (3.8%), 7.6% of publicly funded GP practices have been using video consultations since the pandemic. In line with this, 93.9% of the practices had no increase in video consultation use. Fewer than half (44.3%) had an up-to-date webpage, and 27.8% assumed that the pandemic might have been a positive driver for eHealth in their practices. Positive associations with video consultation use could be found in practices with fewer patients aged 70 years and over than the average and more patients with chronic diseases than the average. CONCLUSION The use of video consultations in general practice and the readiness for other telemedicine approaches are both very low in Austria. Austria has to urgently follow the example of countries with a transparent and comprehensive national digital health strategy that includes video consultation. Without a proper payment system, patient inclusion, and support with regard to administrative and organizational aspects, no substantial change will occur in spite of an increase in need due to the pandemic and changes in the patient population.
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- Florian Odilo Stummer
- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for General Medicine, Johannes-Kepler-University, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Painter A, van Dael J, Neves AL, Bachtiger P, O'Brien N, Gardner C, Quint J, Adamson A, Peters N, Darzi A, Ghafur S. Identifying benefits and concerns with using digital health services during COVID-19: Evidence from a hospital-based patient survey. Health Informatics J 2023; 29:14604582231217339. [PMID: 38011503 DOI: 10.1177/14604582231217339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Despite large-scale adoption during COVID-19, patient perceptions on the benefits and potential risks with receiving care through digital technologies have remained largely unexplored. A quantitative content analysis of responses to a questionnaire (N = 6766) conducted at a multi-site acute trust in London (UK), was adopted to identify commonly reported benefits and concerns. Patients reported a range of promising benefits beyond immediate usage during COVID-19, including ease of access; support for disease and care management; improved timeliness of access and treatment; and better prioritisation of healthcare resources. However, in addition to known risks such as data security and inequity in access, our findings also illuminate some less studied concerns, including perceptions of compromised safety; negative impacts on patient-clinician relationships; and difficulties in interpreting health information provided through electronic health records and mHealth apps. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
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- Annabelle Painter
- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, UK
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Memenga P, Baumann E, Luetke Lanfer H, Reifegerste D, Geulen J, Weber W, Hahne A, Müller A, Weg-Remers S. Intentions of Patients With Cancer and Their Relatives to Use a Live Chat on Familial Cancer Risk: Results From a Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey. J Med Internet Res 2023; 25:e45198. [PMID: 37639311 PMCID: PMC10495847 DOI: 10.2196/45198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND An important prerequisite for actively engaging in cancer prevention and early detection measures, which is particularly recommended in cases of familial cancer risk, is the acquisition of information. Although a lot of cancer information is available, not all social groups are equally well reached because information needs and communicative accessibility differ. Previous research has shown that a live chat service provided by health professionals could be an appropriate, low-threshold format to meet individual information needs on sensitive health topics such as familial cancer risk. An established German Cancer Information Service is currently developing such a live chat service. As it is only worthwhile if accepted by the target groups, formative evaluation is essential in the course of the chat service's development and implementation. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the acceptance of a live chat on familial cancer risk by patients with cancer and their relatives (research question [RQ] 1) and examine the explanatory power of factors associated with their intentions to use such a service (RQ2). Guided by the Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2), we examined the explanatory power of the following UTAUT2 factors: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and habit, supplemented by perceived information insufficiency, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and cancer diagnosis as additional factors related to information seeking about familial cancer. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey via a German web-based access panel in March 2022 that was stratified by age, gender, and education (N=1084). The participants are or have been diagnosed with cancer themselves (n=144) or have relatives who are or have been affected (n=990). All constructs were measured with established scales. To answer RQ1, descriptive data (mean values and distribution) were used. For RQ2, a blockwise multiple linear regression analysis was conducted. RESULTS Overall, 32.7% of participants were (rather) willing, 28.9% were undecided, and 38.4% were (rather) not willing to use a live chat on familial cancer risk in the future. A multiple linear regression analysis explained 47% of the variance. It revealed that performance expectancy, social influence, habit, perceived susceptibility, and perceived severity were positively associated with the intention to use a live chat on familial cancer risk. Effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, information insufficiency, and cancer diagnosis were not related to usage intentions. CONCLUSIONS A live chat seems promising for providing information on familial cancer risk. When promoting the service, the personal benefits should be addressed in particular. UTAUT2 is an effective theoretical framework for explaining live chat usage intentions and does not need to be extended in the context of familial cancer risk.
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- Paula Memenga
- Hanover Center for Health Communication, Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hannover, Germany
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- Hanover Center for Health Communication, Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hannover, Germany
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- Krebsinformationsdienst, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Krebsinformationsdienst, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Krebsinformationsdienst, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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van Elburg FRT, van de Klundert J, Nieboer AP, Askari M. The intention to use mHealth applications among Dutch older adults prior and during the COVID pandemic. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1130570. [PMID: 37383259 PMCID: PMC10298165 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1130570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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Background Mobile health (mHealth) applications are widely valued for their potential to increase self-management among older adults and reduce their healthcare demands. However, the intention to use mHealth of Dutch older adults before the COVID-19 pandemic was modest. Healthcare access was considerably reduced during the pandemic and mHealth services substituted for in person health services. As older adults utilize health services more frequently and have been particularly vulnerable to the pandemic, they can be viewed to have especially benefitted from the transition toward mHealth services. Furthermore, one might expect their intention to use these services and reap the potential benefits has increased, especially during the pandemic. Objective The aim of this study was to examine whether the intention of Dutch older adults to use medical applications increased during the COVID pandemic and how the explanatory power of the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) developed for this purpose was affected by the onset of the pandemic. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey using two samples collected before (n = 315) and after (n = 501) the onset of the pandemic. Data was collected using questionnaires which were distributed digitally and on paper, by convenience sampling and snowballing. Participants were 65 years or older, lived independently or in a senior living facility, without cognitive impairment. A controlled analysis was performed to test for significant differences in the intention to use mHealth. The before and after differences in extended TAM variables and their relationship with intention to use (ITU) were analyzed using controlled (multivariate) logistic and linear regression models. These models were also used to explore whether the onset of the pandemic had an effect on ITU not captured by the extended TAM model. Results While the two samples differed in ITU (p = 0.017; uncontrolled) there was no statistically significant difference in ITU in the controlled logistic regression analysis (p = 0.107). The scores of the extended TAM variables explaining intention to use were all significantly higher, except for Subjective norm and Feelings of Anxiety. The relationships of these variables with intention to use before and after the onset of the pandemic were similar, except for Social relationships which lost its significance. We found no indications of effects of the pandemic on intention to use not captured by our instrument. Conclusion The intention to use mHealth applications of Dutch older adults has not changed since the onset of the pandemic. The extended TAM model has robustly explained intention to use, with only minor differences after the first months of the pandemic. Interventions targeting facilitation and support are likely to promote the uptake of mHealth. Follow-up studies are needed to investigate whether the pandemic has had long term effects on the ITU of the older adult.
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Sureshkumar S, Mustapha F, Yusoff H, Mwangi KJ, Marcus K, Kohlbrenner B, Issom D, Benissa MR, Aebischer-Perone S, Braha N, Candela E, Chhabra KG, Desikachari BR, Dondi A, Etchebehere M, Gathecha G, Kengne AP, Missoni E, Palafox B, Pati S, Madhu PP, Peer N, Quint J, Tabrizi R, Oris M, Beran D, Balabanova D, Etter JF. An Online Survey of the Perceptions of Clinical and Non-Clinical Professionals on Healthcare for Non-Communicable Diseases and COVID-19 Measures During the Pandemic in Malaysia. Int J Public Health 2023; 68:1605861. [PMID: 37304500 PMCID: PMC10247991 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Objectives: This study assesses the opinions of health professionals in Malaysia on the disruption of non-communicable disease (NCD) services during the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to January 2022. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey with 191 non-clinical public health workers and clinical health service workers in Malaysia from November 2021 to January 2022. Participants were recruited by the Malaysian Ministry of Health using major networks including key experts and practitioners. Secondary respondents were subsequently enrolled through snowballing. Results: The most notable issues raised by the survey participants relate to NCD service disruption, the redirection of NCD care resources, and NCD care being overburdened post-pandemic. Respondents also reported accounts of resilience and prompt reaction from the healthcare system, as well as calls for innovation. Conclusion: Most respondents perceived that the challenges arising from COVID-19 were mostly managed well by the healthcare system, which was able to provide the necessary services to NCD patients during this health emergency. However, the study identifies gaps in the health system response and preparedness capacity, and highlights solutions for strengthening NCD services.
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- Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health (Malaysia), Putrajaya, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine and Public Health, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health (Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FICSAE), Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health (Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Noncommunicable Diseases Research Centre, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Sureshkumar S, Mwangi KJ, Gathecha G, Marcus K, Kohlbrenner B, Issom D, Benissa MR, Aebischer-Perone S, Braha N, Candela E, Chhabra KG, Desikachari BR, Dondi A, Etchebehere M, Kengne AP, Missoni E, Mustapha F, Palafox B, Pati S, Madhu PP, Peer N, Quint J, Tabrizi R, Yusoff H, Oris M, Beran DH, Balabanova D, Etter JF. Exploring key-stakeholder perceptions on non-communicable disease care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. Pan Afr Med J 2023; 44:153. [PMID: 37455892 PMCID: PMC10349631 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.153.38616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Introduction over one third of total Disability-Adjusted-Life-Years lost in Kenya are due to non-communicable diseases (NCD). In response, the Government declared significant commitment towards improving NCD care. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the burden on the already overstretched health systems in Kenya. The aims of this study are to assess whether health care providers perceived NCD care to be optimal during the pandemic and explore how to improve responses to future emergencies. Methods this cross-sectional online survey included healthcare personnel with non-clinical roles (public health workers and policy-makers) and those delivering health care (doctors and nurses). Respondents were recruited between May and September 2021 by random sampling, completed by snowball sampling. Results among 236 participants (42% in clinical, 58% in non-clinical roles) there was an overall consensus between respondents on NCD care being disrupted and compromised during the pandemic in Kenya. Detracted supplies, funding, and technical resources affected the continuity of NCDs' response, despite government efforts. Respondents agreed that the enhanced personnel capacity and competencies to manage COVID-19 patients were positive, but noted a lack of guidance for redirecting care for chronic diseases, and advocated for digital innovation as a solution. Conclusion this paper explores the perceptions of key stakeholders involved in the management of NCDs in Kenya to improve planning for future emergency responses. Gaps were identified in health system response and preparedness capacity during the pandemic including the perceived need to strengthen NCD services, with solutions offered to guide resilience efforts to protect the health system from disruption.
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- Sugitha Sureshkumar
- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Royal Free Hospitals, National Health Service, London, United Kingdom
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- RCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Public Health Dentistry, Nims Dental College and Hospital, Nims University, Rajasthan, India
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- RCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Faculdade Israelita de Ciencias da Saude Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management - CERGAS, SDA Bocconi Management School, Milan, Italy
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- Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Wardha, India
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Baudier P. Teleconsultation management in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: The impact of Perceived Justice on satisfaction and Word-Of-Mouth. JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT 2023:03063070211062995. [PMCID: PMC9996184 DOI: 10.1177/03063070211062995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Following the restrictions on movement imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the greater demands placed on physicians and many healthcare infrastructures, a large number of health teleconsultation platforms have emerged around the world. The aim of this paper is to obtain a better understanding of the acceptance of teleconsultation platforms by patients. To this end, a survey of 1273 patients was carried out using a teleconsultation platform during the pandemic period in France (from 9 July to 29 October 2020). The questionnaire mobilized existing scales to measure Satisfaction, Perceived Justice and, finally, the intention to disseminate by Word-Of-Mouth (WOM). Data were analysed using a Partial Least Squares approach. The study confirms the impact of Distributive, Informational and Procedural Justice on Satisfaction and the impact of Distributive and Informational Justice on WOM. The findings emphasize the influence of Satisfaction on WOM. The results detect a mediating effect of Satisfaction on WOM and moderating effects of gender, age and long-standing use. This research contributes to both theoretical and practical COVID-19 research and may be used by healthcare professionals to develop teleconsultation services, one of the means of supporting interaction and satisfying patients’ treatment requirements during the pandemic.
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- Patricia Baudier
- Patricia Baudier, Métis Lab, SCM Department, EM Normandie Business School, 64 rue Du Ranelagh, Paris 75016, France.
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Pongiglione B, Carrone F, Angelucci A, Mazziotti G, Compagni A. Patient characteristics associated with the acceptability of teleconsultation: a retrospective study of osteoporotic patients post-COVID-19. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:230. [PMID: 36890513 PMCID: PMC9994774 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09224-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teleconsultations (TCs) have become common practice for many chronic conditions, including osteoporosis. While satisfaction with TCs among patients increases in times of emergency, we have little knowledge of whether the acceptability of TCs persists once in-person visits return to being a feasible and safe option. In this study, we assess the acceptability of TCs across five dimensions for osteoporosis care among patients who started or continued with TCs after the COVID-19 pandemic had waned. We then explore the patient characteristics associated with these perceptions. METHODS Between January and April 2022, 80 osteoporotic patients treated at the Humanitas Hospital in Milan, Italy, were recruited to answer an online questionnaire about the acceptability of TCs for their care. The acceptability of TCs was measured using a modified version of the Service User Technology Acceptability Questionnaire (SUTAQ), which identifies five domains of acceptability: perceived benefits, satisfaction, substitution, privacy and discomfort, and care personnel concerns. Multivariable ordinary least squares (OLS) linear regression analysis was performed to assess which patient characteristics in terms of demographics, socio-economic conditions, digital skills, social support, clinical characteristics and pattern of TC use were correlated with the five domains of acceptability measured through the SUTAQ. RESULTS The degree of acceptability of TCs was overall good across the 80 respondents and the five domains. Some heterogeneity in perceptions emerged with respect to TCs substituting for in-person visits, negatively impacting continuity of care and reducing the length of consultations. For the most part, acceptability was not affected by patient characteristics with a few exceptions related to treatment time and familiarity with the TC service modality (i.e., length of osteoporosis treatment and number of TCs experienced by the patient). CONCLUSIONS TCs appear to be an acceptable option for osteoporosis care in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study suggests that other characteristics besides age, digital skills and social support, which are traditionally relevant to TC acceptability, should be taken into account in order to better target this care delivery modality.
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- Benedetta Pongiglione
- Centre for Research in Health and Social Care Management (CeRGAS), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.,Endocrinology, Diabetology and Medical Andrology Unit, Metabolic Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis Section, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.,Endocrinology, Diabetology and Medical Andrology Unit, Metabolic Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis Section, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Research in Health and Social Care Management (CeRGAS), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.,Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
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Digital transformation of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: Patients’ teleconsultation acceptance and trusting beliefs. TECHNOVATION 2023; 120. [PMCID: PMC9108035 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the digital transformation of many services, including healthcare, and access to medical care using teleconsultation has increased rapidly. Thus, a growing number of online platforms have been developed to accommodate patients’ needs. This paper examines the factors that predict the intention to use medical teleconsultation by extending the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) with the three dimensions of trusting beliefs and self-efficacy. A survey was administered to patients who had used a teleconsultation platform during the pandemic period. As one of the largest studies to date, a sample of 1233 respondents was collected and analyzed using a partial least squares approach, often mobilized in the information systems (IS) domain. Furthermore, a deep analysis using all recommended metrics was performed. The results highlight the significance of trusting beliefs, and self-efficacy in the adoption of digital healthcare services. These findings contribute to both theory and practice in COVID-19 research.
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Ologeanu-Taddei R, Guthrie C, Jensen TB. Digital transformation of professional healthcare practices: fitness seeking across a rugged value landscape. EUR J INFORM SYST 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/0960085x.2023.2165978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Roxana Ologeanu-Taddei
- Department of Information, Operations and Management Science, TBS Business School, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Information, Operations and Management Science, TBS Business School, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Dai Z. Telehealth in long-term care facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic - Lessons learned from patients, physicians, nurses and healthcare workers. BMC DIGITAL HEALTH 2023; 1:2. [PMID: 38014371 PMCID: PMC9872077 DOI: 10.1186/s44247-022-00003-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Background Telehealth and telecare are particularly important and beneficial to long-term care facilities due to care demands, workforce, and the unique environment. Stemming from the recent findings on telehealth utilisation in residential aged-care facilities in Australia, this commentary seeks to identify lessons and perspectives learned during the Covid-19 pandemic from multiple users, including patients, physicians, nurses, and healthcare workers in long-term care (LTC) settings. Main body From patients' perspectives, older adults residing in LTC settings often opt not to use virtual care, with the majority preferring in-person visits. This is despite residents expressing their willingness to use telehealth, and virtual care has advantages in LTC settings or in remote areas. Additionally, hearing, vision, or cognitive impairment can limit residents' ability to use information technology to access care, so their preferences for phone or video consultations depend on the health conditions or care requirement. From physicians' perspectives, most healthcare practitioners have a positive attitude toward using telehealth. However, telephone consultations tended to be the dominant mode during the early period of the Covid-19 pandemic. Physicians also raised several major concerns, including technical and equipment-related issues, expanded roles, or additional workloads of LTC staff that could negatively affect clinical decision-making and unequal access in rural, older, and cognitively impaired patients. Most nurses and healthcare workers perceived telehealth positively as a way to enhance patients' care access. However, the majority had concerns about acquiring appropriate knowledge of using the technology for themselves and their patients. In remote areas, nurses expressed higher efficiency and higher care quality when utilising telehealth in caring for older patients than in the regular in-person care mode. Conclusion Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, telehealth has continued as an alternative platform in clinical services. However, as a healthcare platform that offers flexibilities of time, location, and improved efficiency, changing the traditional mindset is essential to shift the paradigm to use telehealth when appropriate. Importantly, telehealth needs substantial support in rural or remote long-term care facilities. Doing so will contribute to the reduction of healthcare inequity in long-term care facilities in remote settings and those with social disparities.
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- Zhaoli Dai
- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Sturt Road, Room 2.13 Health Sciences Building, Bedford Park, SA 5042 Australia
- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW Australia
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Offermann J, Ziefle M, Sira N, Groß D, Wilhelmy S. Telemedicine in nursing homes: Insights on the social acceptance and ethical acceptability of telemedical consultations. Digit Health 2023; 9:20552076231213444. [PMID: 37954688 PMCID: PMC10637160 DOI: 10.1177/20552076231213444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Introduction The increasing number of older adults in need of care, the resulting rise in demand for care services and the shortage of nursing staff are major challenges for society. In these situations, the use of telemedicine seems promising - especially in nursing homes when the focus is on rapid support in acute medical cases. However, in addition to the medical and technical potential, the acceptability and usability of the use of telemedical consultations are crucial for a sustainable implementation and acceptance. Our research aims at a holistic identification of socially and ethically relevant parameters for the evaluation of telemedical consultations in nursing homes. Methods Presentation of the empirical approach of an interdisciplinary cooperation that combines social and ethical research perspectives during an entire research project. Qualitative analysis of social and ethical aspects based on an interview study with care personnel (N = 14) who have experiences with telemedical consultations in nursing homes, as an example of this interdisciplinary collaboration and to show first insights. Results The results of the interview study show a slightly positive evaluation of the use of telemedical consultations in nursing homes. Six main categories were identified to capture and differentiate ethically and socially relevant perceived benefits and barriers (contact with physicians, general, personnel-related, residents-related, technical, and organizational aspects). Conclusion The study results allow initial recommendations for the implementation of telemedicine consultations in nursing homes considering socially and ethically relevant aspects. These recommendations can be used to inform medical and technical experts in the field of telemedicine. In addition, the presentation of the interdisciplinary collaboration shows that the close integration of social and ethical aspects in research enables a holistic dimension of the use of telemedicine.
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- Julia Offermann
- Chair of Communication Science, Human-Computer Interaction Center, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Chair of Communication Science, Human-Computer Interaction Center, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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de Varge Maldonado JMS, de Paula AC, Gadelha CAG. Perception of Health Care Providers and Users on Teleconsultation in Times of COVID-19 in Brazil: An Exploratory Interview Study. Telemed J E Health 2022; 29:717-725. [PMID: 36282808 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, teleconsultation was considered an important instrument in the fight against the health crisis, with temporary mandates changing the current legislation to expand its use. This study examined the perceptions of health care providers and users regarding teleconsultation. Methods: The study consisted of a national survey of 1,089 participants, of which 480 were health care providers and 609 were users, carried out through two semistructured questionnaires administered between June and August 2020, using six categories of analysis for teleconsultation-quality, remuneration, duties and responsibilities, experience and positioning regarding use, and technology-and an additional question about the benefits and harms of telemedicine. Results: The research indicated that, although face-to-face care is favored, there is an important movement toward accepting virtual care, even though there are relative differences in perception regarding the six categories analyzed. Discussion: Regarding the benefits of telemedicine, issues such as access, practicality, agility, convenience, easiness, and speed stood out as well as concerns such as contact, quality, impersonality, distance, errors, and falsehood, among others. Conclusions: Although there is evidence of benefits and limitations, bringing to light that contributions from the perception of health care providers and users can help promote debates to establish teleconsultation on a permanent basis in Brazil.
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- Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Raj M, Rai P, G V L N, Onkar A, Angral S, Varshney S. Feasibility and Acceptability of Teleconsultation During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus 2022; 14:e30937. [PMID: 36465724 PMCID: PMC9711946 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.30937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created an aberrant challenge for healthcare delivery systems, forcing public health policies across the globe to be shifted from traditional medical care in hospitals to virtual care in the homes of patients. To tackle this pandemic, telemedicine had taken center stage. This study aims to learn about patient satisfaction, feasibility, and acceptability of the use of telemedicine for clinical encounters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology This single-center, cross-sectional, observational study was done on a total of 758 patients who were provided with teleconsultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We developed a 49-item questionnaire consisting of patients' quality of consultation and patients' expectations to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and patient satisfaction with their telemedicine consultations. Results The majority of survey participants (97.1%) expressed satisfaction with the quality of the consultations provided through telemedicine. A large percentage of participants (96.8%) reported the benefits of teleconsultation in treating their problems. Overall, 93.3% of participants responded positively to the continuation of teleconsultation services after the pandemic. Conclusions The study revealed a wide extent of satisfaction among patients. The feasibility and acceptability of telemedicine services have transformed the mode of healthcare delivery systems.
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- Manish Raj
- Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, IND
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, IND
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, IND
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- Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, IND
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- Department of Otolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, IND
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- Department of Otolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, IND
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Priescu I, Oncioiu I. Measuring the Impact of Virtual Communities on the Intention to Use Telemedicine Services. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10091685. [PMID: 36141297 PMCID: PMC9498647 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10091685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Digital marketing has given new life to healthcare services by enhancing their visibility in the online space. People choose online healthcare services because they can receive instant answers and communicate with specialists in their comfortable environment at the right time. The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of virtual communities on the intention to use telemedicine. The model is based on a combination of consumer desire (psychological objective) and loyalty through promotional formats (economic objective), as well as data collected from 442 respondents analyzed using structural equation modeling. The research results show that by analyzing target groups in social networks, content can be individualized, and an accurate measurement of e-patient satisfaction must be conducted in order to improve the experience of future consumers of telemedicine services. The results of this study explain what makes people want to use digital healthcare services and can serve as a guide for people who run virtual communities and help digital healthcare service providers figure out how to market their services.
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- Iustin Priescu
- Department of Informatics, Faculty of Informatics, Titu Maiorescu University, 040051 Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Finance-Banking, Accountancy and Business Administration, Titu Maiorescu University, 040051 Bucharest, Romania
- Doctoral School of Economic Sciences, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania
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Ghosh A, Mahintamani T, Sharma K, Singh GK, Pillai RR, Subodh BN, Basu D, Mattoo SK. The therapeutic relationships, empathy, and satisfaction in teleconsultation for substance use disorders: Better or worse than in-person consultation? Indian J Psychiatry 2022; 64:457-465. [PMID: 36458075 PMCID: PMC9707666 DOI: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_704_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Telemedicine has become one of the essential modes of healthcare delivery. Different aspects of the physician-patient relationship during tele and in-person consultation need to be studied. AIMS This study aimed to compare perceived empathy and therapeutic relationship between tele and in-person consultation and assess the patient's satisfaction during teleconsultation for substance use disorder (SUD). METHODOLOGY We consecutively recruited 100 adult patients with SUD, registered to the tele-addiction service between June and September 2020, and experienced both video and in-person consultations. We assessed therapeutic relationships, perceived empathy (for teleconsultation and in-person consultation), and patients' satisfaction (with teleconsultation) with specific scales. We compared the scores of the therapeutic relationship and physician empathy scales for tele and in-person consultation. RESULTS The mean age of the patients was 35.5 (±10.4) years. Sixty percent had alcohol, followed by opioids (42%) and cannabis dependence (24%). Sixty percent of patients had comorbid tobacco dependence. Telehealth satisfaction (TSS) rating shows around 40% of patients had difficulty accessing the telehealth service and 7% felt their privacy was poorly respected. The mean total therapeutic relation (STAR) (t = -14.4; P <.001), positive collaboration (t = -12.8; P <.001), positive clinical input (t = -11.9; P <.001), and total Patient's Perceptions of Physician Empathy (PPPE) score (t = -8.4; P < .001) were lower in the teleconsultation than in-person consultation group. TSS was positively correlated with positive collaboration, positive clinician input, and STAR total score. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests a stronger therapeutic relationship and higher physician empathy during in-person consultations. Poor accessibility and privacy concerns were critical challenges in telehealth service. TSS and therapeutic relationships positively influence each other.
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- Abhishek Ghosh
- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.,Department of Psychiatry, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.,Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.,Department of Psychiatry, Adesh Medical College and Hospital, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
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Stimuli Influencing Engagement, Satisfaction, and Intention to Use Telemedicine Services: An Integrative Model. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10071327. [PMID: 35885854 PMCID: PMC9318589 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10071327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Telemedicine ensures quality, cost-effective, and equally accessible healthcare services for everyone. Nonetheless, a poor usage rate could curb its progression in developing cultures like Bangladesh. Therefore, this research examines how external stimuli promote the continuous usage intentions of synchronous telemedicine services through engagement and satisfaction by deploying the stimulus-organism-response framework. A final sample of 312 telemedicine users was analyzed using the structural equation modeling in AMOS. The average age of the participants was 26.28 (std. deviation 5.53), and their average use of telemedicine was 2.39 times (std. deviation 1.31) over the last six months. This study empirically endorsed that the stimuli, including performance expectancy, information quality, and contamination avoidance, as well as organismic factors such as engagement and satisfaction, directly impacted the continuance desires for telemedicine use. In addition, the analyses validated the mediation roles of engagement and satisfaction. Furthermore, performance and effort expectancies influenced engagement, which affected satisfaction along with performance expectancy, functionality, and information quality. Accordingly, telemedicine facilitators should integrate these critical attributes into the system to sustain engagement, satisfaction, and usage intentions. This study has pioneered the effects of performance and effort expectancies on continuous usage intentions facilitated by engagement and satisfaction in the telemedicine landscape.
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Della Vecchia C, Girodet M, Ginguené S, Carpentier C, Leroy T, Siméone A, Vayre E, Mabire X, Ferraz D, Morin-Messabel C, Préau M. At the heart of the COVID-19 crisis: Perceived concerns of changes in long-term cancer care in French women with cancer. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2022; 31:e13599. [PMID: 35523418 PMCID: PMC9349365 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Objective In the COVID‐19 crisis context, the main objective of the study is to investigate factors associated with perceived concerns of change in long‐term cancer care in patients currently under treatment. Methods A French population‐based cross‐sectional study was performed using an online questionnaire in April 2020. All persons currently receiving cancer treatment and belonging to the Seintinelles Association (https://www.seintinelles.com) were included in this present analysis. Individual sociodemographic characteristics, medical status and information regarding cancer care were collected. Multivariate binomial logistic regression analysis was performed. Results We included 298 women in the analysis. Younger participants (OR = 0.96 [0.94–0.99]), the need to visit healthcare facilities to receive treatment (OR = 2.93 [1.16–8.52]), deterioration in the quality of communication with the medical team since the beginning of the COVID‐19 crisis (OR = 3.24 [1.61–7.02]) and being cared for by a university hospital or a public hospital (OR = 2.19 [1.16–4.23] versus comprehensive cancer centre) were associated with a perceived fear of change in long‐term cancer care. Conclusion To address patients' concerns regarding changes in their long‐term cancer care, medical teams should consider the patients' own perceptions of the situation and provide clear, appropriate, precise information on cancer care, especially in the centres mostly affected by the COVID‐19 crisis.
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- Claire Della Vecchia
- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Human and Social Sciences Department/Medical Evaluation and Sarcomas Team, Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.,Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France.,PHASE (Psychology of Health, Aging and Sport Examination), University of Lausanne Faculty of Social and Political Science, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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- Pole of Social Psychology, Inserm U1296 Unit 'Radiation: Defense, Health Environment', Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France
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Chauhan A, Jakhar SK, Jabbour CJC. Implications for sustainable healthcare operations in embracing telemedicine services during a pandemic. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2022; 176:121462. [PMID: 35034990 PMCID: PMC8743184 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Technological interventions in the healthcare sector, namely, telemedicine services, have helped the government and people in these extraordinarily challenging times of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We identify and group key success factors relevant to telemedicine services under 7 contextual criteria. Furthermore, we explore the causal relations among them using the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method. Then, by applying the Bayesian best-worst method (BWM), we compute the relative importance of these criteria. Thereafter, we rank six hospitals that have provided telemedicine services through a comparative evaluation using the VIsekriterijumsko KOmpromisno Rangiranjie (VIKOR) method. The threefold findings of our study reveal that (i) the technological criteria provide the highest causal impact, while the environmental criteria provide the least causal impact. (ii) The hierarchical model of criteria, achieved through the Bayesian BWM score, shows that the criteria weights for both technological and organizational criteria are maximum (0.205) and minimum (0.087), respectively. (iii) The evaluation of six hospitals with VIKOR based on seven criteria ranks the Himalayan hospital as first, showing that it is best in providing telemedicine services to patients. Public health policymakers could use the results of our study to devise an effective plan for patient care in crisis, like COVID-19.
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Managi S, Chen Z. Social-economic impacts of epidemic diseases. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2022; 175:121316. [PMID: 34728863 PMCID: PMC8554749 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Shunsuke Managi
- Urban Institute & Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
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Managi S, Chen Z. Social-economic impacts of epidemic diseases. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2022. [PMID: 34728863 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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- Shunsuke Managi
- Urban Institute & Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
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Arhipova I, Berzins G, Erglis A, Ansonska E, Binde J. Socio-Economic Situation in Latvia's Municipalities in the Context of Administrative-Territorial Division and Unexpected Impact of COVID-19. JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.4018/jgim.298002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In this research, the authors analysed how the behaviour of people changed in various phases of the COVID-19 pandemic and how these changes affected the economic activity in municipalities, taking into consideration significant changes in people’s habits and employment conditions. The pandemic coincided with the administrative-territorial reform in Latvia, providing a unique opportunity to test and ascertain in a single research both the above-mentioned changes in the economic activity of inhabitants and the viability of the new administrative-territorial division vis-a-vis the new reality. The developed regional planning methodology based on the mobile phone activity data and socio-economic indicators (set of indicators provided by regional development state institutions) is used to categorize the 43 newly formed municipalities into similar groups. It is concluded that the aggregated indicators have a significant impact on the division of municipalities: Inhabitants, Dynamics indicator, Economic development level, Mobile phone activity on workdays, holidays and weekends.
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- Irina Arhipova
- Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Latvia
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Nayak CB, Nanda PK, Tripathy S, Swain SC, Das CK, Sahu R. The economic impact of covid-19 and the role of AI. NOVEL AI AND DATA SCIENCE ADVANCEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 2022. [PMCID: PMC9069019 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-90054-6.00002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Peixoto MR, Ferreira JB, Oliveira L. Drivers for Teleconsultation Acceptance in Brazil: Patients’ Perspective during the COVID-19 Pandemic. RAC: REVISTA DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO CONTEMPORÂNEA 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-7849rac2022210063.en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT Context: teleconsultation can be a strategic technological tool for patients to access quality healthcare while dealing with resource challenges within health industry. It can be particularly relevant during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, when the social distancing world had to scramble for new technological solutions to offer quality healthcare services with reduced personal contact. Objective: our research proposes an integrative technology acceptance model to evaluate the drivers of teleconsultation adoption by patients, aligning constructs from the technology acceptance model with other drivers, such as technology readiness, trust, and self-efficacy. Methods: analyses included descriptive statistics and structural equations modeling based on survey’s data from a sample of 415 consumers. Results: results indicate significant relationships between the assessed constructs, with particular relevance on the effects of perceived usefulness, anteceded by trust and technology readiness, on attitude and intention to use teleconsultation. Conclusion: our findings provide helpful insights for health organizations and regulators associated with the diffusion of teleconsultation. The study findings also indicate that the challenging COVID-19 pandemic context may be affecting patients’ intention to adopt teleconsultation.
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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COVID-19 pandemic and the great impulse to telemedicine: the basis of the WONCA Europe Statement on Telemedicine at the WHO Europe 70th Regional Meeting September 2020. Prim Health Care Res Dev 2021; 22:e80. [PMID: 34895388 PMCID: PMC8695945 DOI: 10.1017/s1463423621000633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies to support the delivery of healthcare at a distance, guaranteeing patients healthcare by facilitating access where barriers exist; the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted worldwide interest in this field. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main pros and cons of telemedicine, which serve as the basis of the WONCA Europe Statement at the WHO Europe 70th Regional Meeting on 14 September 2020. Pros of telemedicine include virtual healthcare at home, where patients receive support in certain conditions without leaving their houses. During a pandemic, it can be adopted to limit physical human interaction. Unfortunately, it can negatively affect the quality of the doctor–patient relationship, the quality of the physical examination, and the quality of care. Telemedicine requires effective infrastructure and robust investments to be feasible and effective.
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Obschonka M, Cai Q, Chan ACY, Marsalis S, Basha SAJ, Lee SK, Gewirtz AH. International psychological research addressing the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid scoping review and implications for global psychology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 57:1-19. [PMID: 34904220 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Given that keeping abreast of international perspectives and research results is of particular importance for such massive global emergencies, we employed a scoping review methodology to rapidly map the field of international psychological research addressing this important early phase of the pandemic. We included a total of 79 studies, with data mostly collected between March and June 2020. This review aimed to systematically identify and map the nature and scope of international studies examining psychological aspects of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. We mapped key research themes, subfields of psychology, the nature and extent of international research collaboration, data methods employed, and challenges and enablers faced by psychological researchers in the early stages of the pandemic. Among the wide range of themes covered, mental health and social behaviours were the key themes. Most studies were in clinical/health psychology and social psychology. Network analyses revealed how authors collaborated and to what extent the studies were international. Europe and the United States were often at the centre of international collaboration. The predominant study design was cross-sectional and online with quantitative analyses. We also summarised author reported critical challenges and enablers for international psychological research during the COVID pandemic, and conclude with implications for the field of psychology.
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- Martin Obschonka
- School of Management, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- University Libraries, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.,Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Alexandra S, Handayani PW, Azzahro F. Indonesian hospital telemedicine acceptance model: the influence of user behavior and technological dimensions. Heliyon 2021; 7:e08599. [PMID: 34977414 PMCID: PMC8693256 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, several hospitals in Indonesia have started to develop teleconsultation services to expand the reach of health services and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the influence of user and technological dimensions on the acceptance of the use of hospital teleconsultation applications by users. The research was conducted using quantitative methods with data from questionnaires distributed online. The respondent criteria for this study were Indonesians aged 17 years and over who knew about or had used a hospital's teleconsultation application, and this resulted in 534 respondents. Data processing was carried out using the covariance-based structural equation modeling method with the AMOS 24 application. The user behavior and technology dimensions are influence intention to use telemedicine applications. Furthermore, the results showed that contamination avoidance, safety, reliability, professionalism, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and information quality have a significant positive influence on the behavioral intention to use hospital telemedicine applications. Meanwhile, facilitating conditions and social influence were not shown to have a significant positive effect on the behavioral intention to use such applications. Finally, behavioral intention to use significantly and positively influences actual use. This research can help hospitals and the government in providing guidance in terms of developing telemedicine applications.
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- Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
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Sehgal S, Bhattacharya B, Datta S, Satgunam PN. Public willingness for accessing teleconsultation services for eye care. Indian J Ophthalmol 2021; 69:3772-3773. [PMID: 34827046 PMCID: PMC8837342 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2527_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Shivalika Sehgal
- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Driver VR, Couch KS, Eckert KA, Gibbons G, Henderson L, Lantis J, Lullove E, Michael P, Neville RF, Ruotsi LC, Snyder RJ, Saab F, Carter MJ. The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia and wound care. Wound Repair Regen 2021; 30:7-23. [PMID: 34713947 PMCID: PMC8661621 DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the critical limb ischemia (CLI) Global Society aims to develop improved clinical guidance that will inform better care standards to reduce tissue loss and amputations during and following the new SARS‐CoV‐2 era. This will include developing standards of practice, improve gaps in care, and design improved research protocols to study new chronic limb‐threatening ischemia treatment and diagnostic options. Following a round table discussion that identified hypotheses and suppositions the wound care community had during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic, the CLI Global Society undertook a critical review of literature using PubMed to confirm or rebut these hypotheses, identify knowledge gaps, and analyse the findings in terms of what in wound care has changed due to the pandemic and what wound care providers need to do differently as a result of these changes. Evidence was graded using the Oxford Centre for Evidence‐Based Medicine scheme. The majority of hypotheses and related suppositions were confirmed, but there is noticeable heterogeneity, so the experiences reported herein are not universal for wound care providers and centres. Moreover, the effects of the dynamic pandemic vary over time in geographic areas. Wound care will unlikely return to prepandemic practices. Importantly, Levels 2–5 evidence reveals a paradigm shift in wound care towards a hybrid telemedicine and home healthcare model to keep patients at home to minimize the number of in‐person visits at clinics and hospitalizations, with the exception of severe cases such as chronic limb‐threatening ischemia. The use of telemedicine and home care will likely continue and improve in the postpandemic era.
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- Vickie R Driver
- Wound Healing, Limb Preservation and Hyperbaric Centers, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Wound Care Services, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Center for Wound Healing, South Shore Health, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.,Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- PULSE Amputation Prevention Centers, Affiliates, El Paso Cardiology Associates, P.A., El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Mount Sinai West Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- West Boca Center for Wound Healing, Coconut Creek, Florida, USA
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- Palm Beach Heart & Vascular, JFK Wound Management & Limb Preservation Center, Lake Worth, Florida, USA
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- Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.,Department of Surgery, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Saratoga Hospital Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
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- Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine, Miami Shores, Florida, USA
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- Advanced Cardiac & Vascular Centers for Amputation Prevention, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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Covid-19 and organisational development: important signs of a new pillar for sustainability. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/srj-10-2020-0415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose
The global pandemic has had a considerable effect on organisations’ performance and development and on the daily lives of the general population. This study aims to analyse the recent literature on the topics of Covid-19 and sustainability and proposes to rethink and redefine sustainability with the intersection of human health as a fourth sustainable pillar.
Design/methodology/approach
Using the Scopus and ISI Web of Science databases, 119 articles were analysed in detail and classified according to concepts and principles for achieving sustainable development, based on the Brundtland Report, 1987.
Findings
The results indicate a high number of publications in the social dimension, with a relevant proportion of studies in the health sector. This study allows us to conclude that all sectors of society are being affected by the pandemic. However, the enormous tension and the immediate impact felt by the health sector during the pandemic reflect directly on the population, and there are clear signs that in the medium and long term, instability and uncertainty in the environmental, economic and social dimensions will remain. In national health systems, monitoring, innovating in human resource management and investing in information technology can ensure organizations’ reliability and sustainability. The conclusion involves the suggestion of introducing health as a new pillar for sustainability to consolidate the basis and structure of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Objectives. The use of fundamental concepts is necessary and must be aligned to reassess the results obtained in studies, in comparison with observational data.
Practical implications
The implications arising from the inclusion of health as a fourth pillar of sustainability are diverse. The need to build a new theoretical and conceptual framework for sustainability derives from the fact that health reflects the concern of many postulants in this field of practices. The determining or conditioning conditions of the observed effects of the pandemic by COVID-19, whether situated simply as factors and/or economic, environmental or social reflexes that precede them, requires a conceptual development that allows its approach, as a complex object, whose determinations are subject to variable degrees of uncertainty and diversity.
Originality/value
This study aims to redefine the concept of sustainability, considering that health has become a public health emergency of international interest. Health affects the supply chain, cash flow, interferes with the educational format and interrupts the workforce’s routine, among other aspects, showing the true nature of its importance and its impact in all spheres (economic, environmental and social).
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Han C, Yang M, Piterou A. Do news media and citizens have the same agenda on COVID-19? an empirical comparison of twitter posts. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2021; 169:120849. [PMID: 36540545 PMCID: PMC9755561 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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This study analyses the agenda setting on social media in the COVID-19 pandemic by exploiting one of the disruptive technologies, big data analytics. Our purpose is to examine whether the agenda of news organisations matches the public agenda on social media in crisis situations, and to explore the feasibility and efficacy of applying big data analytics on social media data. To this end, we used an unsupervised machine learning approach, structural topic modelling and analysed 129,965 tweets posted by UK news media and citizens during April 2, and 8, 2020. Our study reveals a wide diversity of topics in the tweets generated by both groups and finds only a small number of topics are similar, indicating different agendas set in the pandemic. Moreover, we show that citizen tweets focused more on expressing feelings and sharing personal activities while news media tweets talked more about facts and analysis on COVID-19. In addition, our results find that citizens responded more significantly to breaking news. The findings of the study contribute to the agenda setting literature and offer valuable practical implications.
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- Chunjia Han
- Department of Systems Management and Strategy, University of Greenwich, UK
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- Department of Systems Management and Strategy, University of Greenwich, UK
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- Department of Systems Management and Strategy, University of Greenwich, UK
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Dong Q, Kuria A, Weng Y, Liu Y, Cao Y. Impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic on the department of stomatology in a tertiary hospital: A case study in the General Hospital of the Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2021; 49:557-564. [PMID: 34270106 PMCID: PMC8444729 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Objective The impact of the worldwide COVID‐19 pandemic on the dental community is evident. Dental education programmes and academic activities have suffered from the ramifications of the pandemic. This study aimed to depict the impacts of the COVID‐19 epidemic on the clinical services and academic activities in the department of stomatology of a tertiary hospital in Wuhan, China. Methods We obtained historical data of the Department of Stomatology from the Health Information System of the General Hospital of Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China between January 2018 and June 2020. Mean, standard deviation and median with interquartile range were used to summarize the variables. Line plots were used to illustrate the temporal trend. The Kruskal‐Wallis equality‐of‐populations rank test was used to compare the difference between groups. Results A significant decrease was noted in the monthly average number of patients seeking outpatient services for the year 2020, which were decreased by two‐thirds from 2018 to 2020. The number of emergency cases also decreased significantly by 57.6% in 2020. The monthly number of teaching hours decreased from 3.8 ± 1.5 in 2018 and 4.7 ± 1.4 in 2019 to 1.7 ± 1.9 in 2020. The number of interns also decreased by more than 77.0% in 2020. Conclusions The impacts of COVID‐19 in the stomatology clinic were significant with notable decreases in clinical services and education offered to the stomatology students. There is a need to find solutions to keep as many dental professionals as needed remaining on the frontline of oral health care.
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- Qingshan Dong
- Department of Stomatology, General Hospital of the Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Stomatology, General Hospital of the Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Stomatology, General Hospital of the Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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Singh PD, Kaur R, Singh KD, Dhiman G. A Novel Ensemble-based Classifier for Detecting the COVID-19 Disease for Infected Patients. INFORMATION SYSTEMS FRONTIERS : A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 2021; 23:1385-1401. [PMID: 33935584 PMCID: PMC8068562 DOI: 10.1007/s10796-021-10132-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The recently discovered coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which was detected in Wuhan, China, has spread worldwide and is still being studied at the end of 2019. Detection of COVID-19 at an early stage is essential to provide adequate healthcare to affected patients and protect the uninfected community. This paper aims to design and develop a novel ensemble-based classifier to predict COVID-19 cases at a very early stage so that appropriate action can be taken by patients, doctors, health organizations, and the government. In this paper, a synthetic dataset of COVID-19 is generated by a dataset generation algorithm. A novel ensemble-based classifier of machine learning is employed on the COVID-19 dataset to predict the disease. A convex hull-based approach is also applied to the data to improve the proposed novel, ensemble-based classifier's accuracy and speed. The model is designed and developed through the python programming language and compares with the most popular classifier, i.e., Decision Tree, ID3, and support vector machine. The results indicate that the proposed novel classifier provides a more significant precision, kappa static, root means a square error, recall, F-measure, and accuracy.
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- Prabh Deep Singh
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India
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- Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India
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- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IKG Punjab Technical University, Punjab, India
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- Department of Computer Science, Government Bikram College of Commerce, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India
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Schiavone F, Festa G. Innovative Paradigms for Enhancing Healthcare Service Performance. JOURNAL OF INNOVATION ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.3917/jie.035.0001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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