Attitudes toward the adoption of eHealth amongst healthcare professionals in trauma surgery - the new digital normal?

ABSTRACT:

Background

As in many other countries, the Dutch emergency healthcare system is under pressure due to increasing numbers of patients, limited budgets, and constrained (human) resources (TraumaNet AMC 19 May, 2016; Int J Emerg Med 6:41, 2013). eHealth, enlarged by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been advocated to substitute face-to-face care to alleviate the pressure of the burden of care (Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport, 2022; Dutch Society of Hospitals, 2022). In order for eHealth solutions to be adopted in daily practice, is it essential to assess healthcare professionals' attitudes toward its usefulness. As this is currently lacking, this study explores the use of eHealth in daily practice, opportunities of eHealth, implementation barriers, and desired functions and features amo

SUBMITTER: Spierings JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11654188 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature