Understanding factors critical to the implementation of ehealth in chronic disease management: a realist review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Canadians are living longer, many with multiple chronic conditions. This population of older, frail Canadians continues to grow in size as do concurrent demands for community-based, outpatient and ambulatory models of care. Ideally, a multifaceted, proactive, planned and integrated care model includes ehealth. Although several factors are known to facilitate the implementation of ehealth in chronic disease management (CDM), for example, adequate support, usability, alignment of programme objectives, there is a growing body of inconclusive evidence on what is critical for implementation. We aim to achieve a fulsome understanding of factors critical to implementation by conducting a realist review-an approach suitable for understanding complex interventions. Our proposed

SUBMITTER: Shahid N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276298 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature