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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2021

A Semiautomated Classification System for Producing Service Directories in Social and Health Care (DESDE-AND): Maturity Assessment Study.

Cristina Romero-Lopez-Alberca, Federico Alonso-Trujillo, Jose Luis Almenara-Abellan, Jose A Salinas-Perez, Mencia R Gutierrez-Colosia, Juan-Luis Gonzalez-Caballero, Sandra Pinzon Pulido, Luis Salvador-Carulla

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Cristina Romero-Lopez-AlbercaDepartment of Psychology, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5856-8668
Federico Alonso-TrujilloAgencia de Servicios Sociales y Dependencia de Andalucía, Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4565-3238
Jose Luis Almenara-AbellanHealth Information Systems Group (SICA-CTS-553), Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4411-2816
Jose A Salinas-PerezDepartment of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8533-9342
Mencia R Gutierrez-ColosiaDepartment of Psychology, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2631-0205
Juan-Luis Gonzalez-CaballeroDepartamento Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3378-5038
Sandra Pinzon PulidoEscuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Gobierno Regional de la Junta de Andalucía, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2887-3244
Luis Salvador-CarullaCentre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, ANU College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5742-9866

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Abstract

backgroundDESDE-LTC (Description and Evaluation of Services and DirectoriEs for Long-Term Care) is an international classification system that allows standardized coding and comparisons between different territories and care sectors, such as health and social care, in defined geographic areas. We adapted DESDE-LTC into a computer tool (DESDE-AND) for compiling a directory of care services in Andalucia, Spain.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the maturity of DESDE-AND. A secondary objective of this study is to show the practicality of a new combined set of standard evaluation tools for measuring the maturity of health technology products.

methodsA system for semiautomated coding of service provision has been co-designed. A panel of 23 domain experts and a group of 68 end users participated in its maturity assessment that included its technology readiness level (TRL), usability, validity, adoption (Adoption Impact Ladder [AIL]), and overall degree of maturity [implementation maturity model [IMM]). We piloted the prototype in an urban environment (Seville, Spain).

resultsThe prototype was demonstrated in an operational environment (TRL 7). Sixty-eight different care services were coded, generating fact sheets for each service and its geolocation map. The observed agreement was 90%, with moderate reliability. The tool was partially adopted by the regional government of Andalucia (Spain), reaching a level 5 in adoption (AIL) and a level 4 in maturity (IMM) and is ready for full implementation.

conclusionsDESDE-AND is a usable and manageable system for coding and compiling service directories and it can be used as a core module of decision support systems to guide planning in complex cross-sectoral areas such as combined social and health care.

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Mental Health ServicesDelivery of Health CareHumansReproducibility of ResultsSpainTechnologydecision support systemDESDE-ANDDESDE-LTCimpact analysismaturityservice directoriesservices coding

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