ArticleJournal of global health2021
Digital health and primary care: Past, pandemic and prospects.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Impact of Digitalization on European General Practice From the Perspective of General Practitioners: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence and big data in population health: a scoping review.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Virtual Consultations on the Quality of Primary Care: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of digital economy on primary healthcare institution efficiency: evidence from China based on spatial effect analysis.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- The role of external factors in shaping the supply and demand of general practitioners in Iran: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Evolution of the general practice receptionist role and online services: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Article
- Associations between digital maturity in health and primary health care performance, 109 countries.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Article
- Using Medication Management Technologies in Swiss Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Machine Learning in Primary Health Care: The Research Landscape.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Qualitative evaluation of the implementation and national roll-out of the NHS App in England.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Telehealth in primary health care: a study of activities and time spent by professionals.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Observational
- Ethics of AI in healthcare: a scoping review demonstrating applicability of a foundational framework.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
- Development of the face-to-face component and recruitment strategy of a primary care digital social intervention for patients with asthma: Qualitative focus groups and interviews with stakeholders.The European journal of general practice · 2024Article
- Vaccine Certificates Must Go Digital: An Urgent Call for Better Public Health Outcomes.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Provision of Digital Primary Health Care Services: Overview of Reviews.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Review
- Valuing Outpatients' Perspective on Primary Health Care Services in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Survey on Satisfaction and Personal-Centered Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Global health for rare diseases through primary care.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Article
- Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Primary Care: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Navigating the doctor-patient-AI relationship - a mixed-methods study of physician attitudes toward artificial intelligence in primary care.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Digital health and quality of care in Primary Health Care: an evaluation model.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
This article reflects on the breadth of digital developments seen in primary care over time, as well as the rapid and significant changes prompted by the COVID-19 crisis. Recent research and experience have shone further light on factors influencing the implementation and usefulness of these approaches, as well as unresolved challenges and unintended consequences. These are considered in relation to not only digital technology and infrastructure, but also wider aspects of health systems, the nature of primary care work and culture, patient characteristics and inequalities, and ethical issues around data privacy, inclusion, empowerment, empathy and trust. Implications for the future direction and sustainability of these approaches are discussed, taking account of novel paradigms, such as artificial intelligence, and the growing capture of primary care data for secondary uses. Decision makers are encouraged to think holistically about where value is most likely to be added, or risks being taken away, when judging which innovations to carry forward. It concludes that, while responding to this public health emergency has created something of a digital 'big bang' for primary care, an incremental, adaptive, patient-centered strategy, focused on augmenting rather than replacing existing services, is likely to prove most fruitful in the longer term.
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