Patient and Family Engagement Approaches for Digital Health Initiatives: Protocol for a Case Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health initiatives such as patient portals, virtual care platforms, and smartphone-based apps are being implemented at a rapid pace in health care organizations worldwide. This is often done to improve access beyond traditional in-person care and enhance care quality. Recent studies have indicated that better outcomes of using these initiatives and technologies may be achieved when patients and their family members are engaged in all aspects of planning, implementation, use, and evaluation. However, little guidance exists for how health care administrators can achieve effective engagement in digital health initiatives specifically.

Objective

The objective of this study is to document processes related to planning and implementing patient and family engagem

SUBMITTER: Shen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339977 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature