Exploring patient perspectives on telemedicine monitoring within the operating room.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical decision support systems and telemedicine for remote monitoring can together support clinicians' intraoperative decision-making and management of surgical patients' care. However, there has been limited investigation on patient perspectives about advanced health information technology use in intraoperative settings, especially an electronic OR (eOR) for remote monitoring and management of surgical patients.

Purpose

Our study objectives were: (1) to identify participant-rated items contributing to patient attitudes, beliefs, and level of comfort with eOR monitoring; and (2) to highlight barriers and facilitators to eOR use.

Methods

We surveyed 324 individuals representing surgical patients across the United States using Amazon Mechanical Turk, an on

SUBMITTER: Abraham J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10627166 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature