Perceived factors informing the pre-acceptability of digital health innovation by aging respiratory patients: a case study from the Republic of Ireland

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Mary McDonnell-Naughton¹  Neil J. Rowan¹  Niall Murray²  Tara Byrne³ 

[1] Department of Nursing and Healthcare, Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Athlone, Ireland;Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, Technological University of the Shannon, (TUS), Athlone, Ireland;Saolta University Healthcare Group, HSE, Galway, Ireland;Department of Nursing and Healthcare, Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Athlone, Ireland;Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, Technological University of the Shannon, (TUS), Athlone, Ireland;

关键词: digital health;    respiratory health;    education;    living labs;    quintuple Helix hub;    aging;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1203937

 received in 2023-04-11, accepted in 2023-09-22,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

It is appreciated that digital health is increasing in interest as an important area for efficiently standardizing and developing health services in Ireland, and worldwide. However, digital health is still considered to be in its infancy and there is a need to understand important factors that will support the development and uniform uptake of these technologies, which embrace their utility and ensure data trustworthiness. This constituted the first study to identify themes believed to be relevant by respiratory care and digital health experts in the Republic of Ireland to help inform future decision-making among respiratory patients that may potentially facilitate engagement with and appropriate use of digital health innovation (DHI). The study explored and identified expert participant perceptions, beliefs, barriers, and cues to action that would inform content and future deployment of living labs in respiratory care for remote patient monitoring of people with respiratory diseases using DHI. The objective of this case study was to generate and evaluate appropriate data sets to inform the selection and future deployment of an ICT-enabling technology that will empower patients to manage their respiratory systems in real-time in a safe effective manner through remote consultation with health service providers. The co-creation of effective DHI for respiratory care will be informed by multi-actor stakeholder participation, such as through a Quintuple Helix Hub framework combining university-industry-government-healthcare-society engagements. Studies, such as this, will help bridge the interface between top-down digital health policies and bottom-up end-user engagements to ensure safe and effective use of health technology. In addition, it will address the need to reach a consensus on appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) for effective uptake, implementation, standardization, and regulation of DHI.

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