Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of Digital Health Technologies in Hospital Settings in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries Since the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the implementation process of digital health technologies (DHTs) has been extensively documented in high-income countries, the factors that facilitate and prevent their implementation in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) may differ for various reasons.

Objective

To address this gap in research, this scoping review aims to determine the facilitators and barriers to implementing DHTs in LMIC hospital settings following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the review outlined the types of DHTs that have been implemented in LMICs' hospitals during this pandemic and finally developed a classification framework to categorize the landscape of DHTs.

Methods

Systematic searches were conducted on PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Goog

SUBMITTER: Yew SQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11926458 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature