ArticleDigital health
Toward successful eHealth adoption in long-term care: Insights from a national survey of healthcare professionals.
Article in Digital health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: The use of eHealth holds promise for addressing current and upcoming challenges in long-term care (LTC), but implementation is not always successful. To optimize eHealth deployment in LTC, we aim to identify: (1) which eHealth applications are currently (not) used by healthcare professionals (HCPs) in LTC and their respective resident groups; (2) the perceived value of these eHealth applications in LTC; and (3) the drivers behind HCPs willingness and motivation to adopt eHealth technologies in their practice. Methods: In total, 273 HCPs from LTC in The Netherlands completed an online survey. Items from the Autonomy and Competence in Technology Adoption Questionnaire were used to calculate motivation scores. Results: The majority of HCPs believed that eHealth is or could be of added value in LTC. Applications such as websites, video calling, and electronic patient records were highly valued, whereas robotics and virtual reality were most frequently left unused due to a lack of knowledge on how to use these products. An average relative autonomy index score of 4.3 indicated autonomous motivation of HCPs to use eHealth, as opposed to being externally pressured. Conclusion: HCPs in LTC are positive and motivated to use eHealth. However, several eHealth applications remain underutilized due to barriers such as limited knowledge or poor information and communication technology infrastructure. To optimize eHealth adoption, LTC organizations must address these challenges while continuing to support and educate HCPs. By doing so, the right eHealth products can be optimally used in LTC, which may contribute to sustainable LTC.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.