Digital technologies in routine palliative care delivery: an exploratory qualitative study with health care professionals in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore health care professionals' (HCPs) perspectives, experiences and preferences towards digital technology use in routine palliative care delivery.

Methods

HCPs (n = 19) purposively selected from a sample of settings that reflect routine palliative care delivery (i.e. specialized outpatient palliative care, inpatient palliative care, inpatient hospice care in both rural and urban areas of the German states of Brandenburg and Berlin) participated in an explorative, qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Interview data were analyzed using structured qualitative content analysis.

Results

Digital technologies are widely used in routine palliative care and are well accepted by HCPs. Central functions of digital technologies as experienced in p

SUBMITTER: May S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9745710 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature