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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Widening Gap between the Digital Capability of the Care Workforce and Technology-Enabled Healthcare Delivery: A Nursing and Allied Health Analysis.

Meg E Morris, Natasha K Brusco, Jeff Jones, Nicholas F Taylor, Christine E East, Adam I Semciw, Kristina Edvardsson, Claire Thwaites, Sharon L Bourke, Urooj Raza Khan and 2 more

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
19.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Meg E MorrisARCH, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0114-4175
Natasha K BruscoSchool of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8825-5109
Jeff JonesDigital Innovation Hub, Cisco Innovation Central Melbourne, Office of the DVC Research and Industry Engagement, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Nicholas F TaylorARCH, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Christine E EastARCH, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1196-8426
Adam I SemciwARCH, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Kristina EdvardssonARCH, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Claire ThwaitesARCH, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4045-2090
Sharon L BourkeARCH, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7654-7641
Urooj Raza KhanSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5910-0004
Sally Fowler-DavisAdvanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3870-9272
Brian OldenburgARCH, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
La Trobe University · AUBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute · AUNorthern Health · AUSheffield Hallam University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a need to ensure that healthcare organisations enable their workforces to use digital methods in service delivery. This study aimed to evaluate the current level of digital understanding and ability in nursing, midwifery, and allied health workforces and identify some of the training requirements to improve digital literacy in these health professionals. Representatives from eight healthcare organizations in Victoria, Australia participated in focus groups. Three digital frameworks informed the focus group topic guide that sought to examine the barriers and enablers to adopting digital healthcare along with training requirements to improve digital literacy. Twenty-three participants self-rated digital knowledge and skills using Likert scales and attended the focus groups. Mid-range scores were given for digital ability in nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals. Focus group participants expressed concern over the gap between their organizations' adoption of digital methods relative to their digital ability, and there were concerns about cyber security. Participants also saw a need for the inclusion of consumers in digital design. Given the widening gap between digital innovation and health workforce digital capability, there is a need to accelerate digital literacy by rapidly deploying education and training and policies and procedures for digital service delivery.

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allied healthcare economycare workerconsumerdigitaldigital capabilitydigital literacydigital maturityhealthcaremidwiferynursingworkforce

Identifiers

PMID37046921
PMCPMC10094715
OpenAlexW4362470551

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