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What do emergency medicine and burns specialists from resource constrained settings expect from mHealth-based diagnostic support? A qualitative study examining the case of acute burn care

Crumley, Iona ; Blom, Lisa ; Laflamme, Lucie ; Alvesson, Helle Mölsted

BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2018-08, Vol.18 (1), p.71-71, Article 71 [Periódico revisado por pares]

England: BioMed Central

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  • Título:
    What do emergency medicine and burns specialists from resource constrained settings expect from mHealth-based diagnostic support? A qualitative study examining the case of acute burn care
  • Autor: Crumley, Iona ; Blom, Lisa ; Laflamme, Lucie ; Alvesson, Helle Mölsted
  • Assuntos: Adult ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Burns ; Burns - therapy ; Cellular telephones ; Clinical Decision-Making - methods ; Content analysis ; Critical Care - methods ; Diagnostic systems ; Emergency medical care ; Emergency medical services ; Emergency medicine ; Emergency Medicine - methods ; Experts ; Female ; Global health ; Health care ; Health care policy ; Humans ; Low income groups ; Male ; Medical diagnosis ; Medical personnel ; Medicin och hälsovetenskap ; Medicine ; mHealth ; Professional relationships ; Public health ; Qualitative Research ; Referral and Consultation ; Remote consultation ; Smartphones ; South Africa ; Telemedicine ; Telemedicine - methods ; Trauma
  • É parte de: BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2018-08, Vol.18 (1), p.71-71, Article 71
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  • Descrição: Traumatic injury is a serious global health burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where medical care often lacks resources and expertise. In these contexts, diagnostic telemedicine could prove a cost effective tool, yet it remains largely underused here, and knowledge on its potential impact is limited. Particularly scarce is the view of the expert user physicians, and how they themselves relate to this technology. This qualitative study investigated tele-experts' (n = 15) views on the potential for image based teleconsultation to be integrated in trauma and emergency care services. A semi-structured interview guide was used to gather data concerning an mHealth app for burns diagnostics in the acute care setting, in the Western Cape, South Africa. Questions examined challenges and opportunities in user acceptance and outcomes, in specific case management and in the wider healthcare system. Resulting data were subject to qualitative content analysis. Experts perceived remote diagnostic support through mHealth as linking directly to several key ideas in medicine, including barriers to care, medical culture and hierarchy, and medical ethics within a society. Ideas running through the data pertained to the widening and narrowing of inherent gaps in the healthcare system, and the formalisation of processes, practices and relationships, effected by the introduction of an app. Wide consensus was stated on positive outcomes such as increased education opportunities, improved professional relationships and a better ability to advise and diagnose, all further facilitated through greater ease of access. The belief was that these could achieve a narrowing of systemic divides within healthcare, although it was acknowledged that the possibility to induce the opposite effect also arose. Differing opinions were voiced relating to the involvement of allied health professionals and feedback. Experts see several aspects to an mHealth app for remote diagnostic support which could enhance provision of trauma and emergency care in a resource poor setting, relating to reduced delays, streamlined care and improved outcomes. Attention is also drawn, however, to specifics of the environment which would demand further and careful consideration for success - time pressure, intensity and the wide range of subspecialties to be considered.
  • Editor: England: BioMed Central
  • Idioma: Inglês
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