Health professionals' experiences with the implementation of a digital medication dispenser in home care services - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Implementing digital technology in home care services challenges care arrangements built on face-to-face encounters. Digital welfare technology has been suggested as a solution to increasing demands on health care services from an ageing population. Medication delivery is a major task for home care services, and digital medication devices could lessen the need for resources. But technology has scripts based on how designers picture its use, and these might not fit with users' needs and practices. New technology must go through processes of domestication among its users. In the present study, we investigate how health professionals experienced the implementation of a digital medication dispenser into home care services in Norway. METHODS:This was a qualitative interview study wit

SUBMITTER: Kleiven HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7164267 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature