Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The number of people suffering from chronic conditions such as COPD is increasing globally because of demographic changes worldwide.People suffering from severe stages of COPD commonly experience exacerbations leading to hospital admissions.Telehealth solutions can be used as a means for improved healthcare delivery to this patient group with a possible impact on preventing COPD exacerbations and hospital admissions.We conducted a pilot study where patients with COPD were offered an eHealth service from the hospital for three months.The eHealth service involved the patients reporting daily on fixed health parameters, which they sent to the clinic through an eHealth tablet computer application.Nurses at the clinic received the patients' reports on a computer-based system and provided follow-up based on these reports.We here report from a formative evaluation of the pilot study, where data collection was done through workshops with patients and healthcare providers, and where participatory design approaches enabled active engagement and involvement of the users in evaluating the service and proposing future adjustments of the solution.
Authors: Anita Das, Jarl Reitan, Silje Bøthun
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Norges Forskningsråd
OpenAlex ID: W2771831678