Clinical diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection: An observational study of respiratory tract infection in primary care in the early phase of the pandemic
CONCLUSION: Correct clinical diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, without POC-testing available, appeared to be complicated.PMID:37870070 | DOI:10.1080/13814788.2023.2270707 (Source: European Journal of General Practice)
Source: European Journal of General Practice - October 23, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Alike W van der Velden Milensu Shanyinde Emily Bongard Femke B öhmer Slawomir Chlabicz Annelies Colliers Ana Garc ía-Sangenís Lile Malania Jozsef Pauer Angela Tomacinschii Ly-Mee Yu Katherine Loens Margareta Ieven Theo J Verheij Herman Goossens Akke Ve Source Type: research

SERIES: eHealth in primary care. Part 6: Global perspectives: Learning from eHealth for low-resource primary care settings and across high-, middle- and low-income countries
DISCUSSION: The case studies illustrate eHealth's potential to improve the provision of healthcare by i) improving the delivery of healthcare (using AI-generated chats); ii) supporting the workforce (using telemedicine platforms); iii) strengthening the healthcare information system (through patient-centred healthcare information systems), and iv) improving system-related elements of healthcare (through a mobile health financing platform). Nevertheless, we found that development and implementation are hindered by user-related, technical, financial, regulatory and evaluation challenges. We formulated six recommendations to ...
Source: European Journal of General Practice - August 24, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margot Rakers Steven van de Vijver Paz Bossio Nic Moens Michiel Rauws Millicent Orera Hongxia Shen Cynthia Hallensleben Evelyn Brakema Nick Guldemond Niels H Chavannes Mar ía Villalobos-Quesada Source Type: research