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SERIES: eHealth in primary care. Part 5: A critical appraisal of five widely used eHealth applications for primary care - opportunities and challenges.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Given the pressure on modern healthcare systems, eHealth can offer valuable opportunities. However, understanding the potential and challenges of eHealth in daily practice can be challenging for many general practitioners (GPs) and their staff. OBJECTIVES:To critically appraise five widely used eHealth applications, in relation to safe, evidence-based and high-quality eHealth. Using these applications as examples, we aim to increase understanding of eHealth among GPs and highlight the opportunities and challenges presented by eHealth. DISCUSSION:eHealth applications can support patients while increasing efficiency for GPs. A three-way division (inform, monitor, track; interaction; data utilisation) characterises many eHealth applications, with an increasing degree of complexity depending on the domain. All applications provide information and some have extra functionalities that promote interaction, while data analysis and artificial intelligence may be applied to support or (fully) automate care processes. Applications in the inform domain are relatively easy to use and implement but their impact on clinical outcomes may be limited. More demanding applications, in terms of privacy and ethical aspects, are found in the data utilisation domain and may potentially have a more significant impact on care processes and patient outcomes. When selecting and implementing eHealth applications, we recommend that GPs remain critical regarding preconditions on safe, evidence-based and high-quality eHealth, particularly in the case of more complex applications in the data utilisation domain.

journal_name

Eur J Gen Pract

journal_title

The European journal of general practice

authors

Kasteleyn MJ,Versluis A,van Peet P,Kirk UB,van Dalfsen J,Meijer E,Honkoop P,Ho K,Chavannes NH,Talboom-Kamp EPWA

doi

10.1080/13814788.2021.1962845

keywords:

["challenges","eHealth","opportunities","primary care"]

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-12-01 00:00:00

pages

248-256

issue

eissn

1381-4788

issn

1751-1402

journal_volume

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SERIES: eHealth in primary care. Part 5: A critical appraisal of five widely used eHealth applications for primary care - opportunities and challenges.