ReviewHealth policy and planning2022
Assessing the potential of wearable health monitors for health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: a prospective study of technology adoption in Cambodia.
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- Barriers associated with the implementation, adoption, scale-up and sustainability of mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review guided by the NASSS Framework.BMJ health & care informatics · 2026Pooled it
- Advancing foundational models in digital health technology adoption: A systematic literature review of multidisciplinary factors.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Healthcare consumers' acceptance and use of digital health technology in LMICs and the role of self-efficacy and facilitating conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Determining a Likely Mechanism of Missingness in Repeated Measures Sleep Data From Wearable Fitness Trackers: Longitudinal Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- IoT-based health monitoring and social welfare access for Thailand's older adults.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Digital Health Technology Adoption Among Chinese Physicians: Latent Profile Analysis and Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- The NASSS (Non-Adoption, Abandonment, Scale-Up, Spread and Sustainability) framework use over time: A scoping review.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Status of Digital Health Technology Adoption in 5 Vietnamese Hospitals: Cross-Sectional Assessment.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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- From theoretical models to practical deployment: A perspective and case study of opportunities and challenges in AI-driven cardiac auscultation research for low-income settings.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Wearables and Smartphones for Tracking Modifiable Risk Factors in Metabolic Health: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- A novel digital health approach to improving global pediatric sepsis care in Bangladesh using wearable technology and machine learning.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Advancing mHealth Research in Low-Resource Settings: Young Women's Insights and Implementation Challenges with Wearable Smartwatch Devices in Uganda.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Human Factors and Organizational Issues in Health Informatics: Review of Recent Developments and Advances.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2024Review
- Digital home care interventions and quality of primary care for older adults: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Validation of a New and Straightforward Algorithm to Evaluate Signal Quality during ECG Monitoring with Wearable Devices Used in a Clinical Setting.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Understanding the factors of wearable devices among the patients with thyroid cancer: A modified UTAUT2 model.PloS one · 2024Article
- Nurses' Willingness and Demand for Internet+Home Care Services and the Associated Factors in Municipal Hospitals in China: Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Diabetes Care Performance in Cambodia Through the Cascade-of-Care Framework: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
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Abstract
Wearable health monitors are a rapidly evolving technology that may offer new opportunities for strengthening health system responses to cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In light of this, we explored opportunities for, and potential challenges to, technology adoption in Cambodia, considering the complexity of contextual factors that may influence product uptake and sustainable health system integration. Data collection for this study involved in-depth interviews with national and international stakeholders and a literature review. The analytical approach was guided by concepts and categories derived from the non-adoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability (NASSS) framework-an evidence-based framework that was developed for studying health technology adoption and the challenges to scale-up, spread and sustainability of such technologies in health service organizations. Three potential applications of health wearables for the prevention and control of NCDs in Cambodia were identified: health promotion, follow-up and monitoring of patients and surveys of NCD risk factors. However, several challenges to technology adoption emerged across the research domains, associated with the intended adopters, the organization of the national health system, the wider infrastructure, the regulatory environment and the technology itself. Our findings indicate that, currently, wearables could be best used to conduct surveys of NCD risk factors in Cambodia and in other LMICs with similar health system profiles. In the future, a more integrated use of wearables to strengthen monitoring and management of patients could be envisaged, although this would require careful consideration of feasibility and organizational issues.
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