SERIES: eHealth in primary care. Part 1: Concepts, conditions and challenges.

SERIES: eHealth in primary care. Part 1: Concepts, conditions and challenges. Eur J Gen Pract. 2019 Oct 10;:1-11 Authors: van der Kleij RMJJ, Kasteleyn MJ, Meijer E, Bonten TN, Houwink IJF, Teichert M, van Luenen S, Vedanthan R, Evers A, Car J, Pinnock H, Chavannes NH Abstract KEY MESSAGES eHealth should support the transition towards personalized medicine, self-management and shared decisions in primary care. Several conditions need to be met to ensure that eHealth applications are safe, evidence-based and of high quality. Innovative but valid research methodology-e.g. adaptive (action research) designs-is a prerequisite for ongoing success and sustainability of eHealth. Primary care is challenged to provide high quality, accessible and affordable care for an increasingly ageing, complex, and multimorbid population. To counter these challenges, primary care professionals need to take up new and innovative practices, including eHealth. eHealth applications hold the promise to overcome some difficulties encountered in the care of people with complex medical and social needs in primary care. However, many unanswered questions regarding (cost) effectiveness, integration with healthcare, and acceptability to patients, caregivers, and professionals remain to be elucidated. What conditions need to be met? What challenges need to be overcome? What downsides must be dealt with? This first paper in a series on eHealth in primary care introduc...
Source: European Journal of General Practice - Category: Primary Care Tags: Eur J Gen Pract Source Type: research