Implementation of a digital distress detection system in palliative care: qualitative data on perspectives of a multiprofessional palliative care team.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health technologies such as sensor systems are intended to support healthcare staff in providing adequate patient care. In the Department of Palliative Medicine (University Medical Center Freiburg), we developed and implemented a noninvasive, bed-based sensor system in a pilot study. The aim was to detect distress in patients who were no longer able to express themselves by monitoring heart and respiratory rates, vocalizations, and movement measurements. The sensor system was intended to supplement standard care, which generally cannot guarantee constant monitoring. As there is a lack of data on how healthcare professionals experience such a techno-digital innovation, the aim of this study was to explore how the multiprofessional palliative care team who piloted

SUBMITTER: Seibel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304939 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature