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Empowering the digital health workforce in Latin America in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the Peruvian case
This article discusses the role of capacity building programs in digital health within the context of Latin America, with a specific focus on the Peruvian case. We highlight the development of digital health competencies and related policies, while also describing selected experiences related to capacity building in this field. Additionally, we discuss the pivotal role of collaborative partnerships among institutions and countries, emphasizing the importance of culturally relevant training programs in digital health. These initiatives have the potential to accelerate training and research opportunities in Latin America, dr...
Source: Informatics for Health and Social Care - February 13, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Walter H Curioso Lelis G Coronel-Chucos Elsa Oscuvilca-Tapia Source Type: research

Perceptions of pre-licensure nursing students toward telecare and telenursing
This study aimed to investigate nursing students' perceptions toward telenursing. Students' knowledge, attitudes, advantages, disadvantages, barriers, and factors that affect the intention toward telenursing implementation were addressed. This study was conducted using a descriptive design. The study participants were 313 undergraduate nursing students. Data were gathered through a web-based survey from June to August 2022 and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Fifty-four-point-six percent (54.6%) of the students were male and 45.4% were female. Around one-fourth were internship students. Most students had access to the inter...
Source: Informatics for Health and Social Care - January 11, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Izzeddin A Bdair Source Type: research

Algorithmic identification of persons with dementia for research recruitment: ethical considerations
Inform Health Soc Care. 2024 Jan 10:1-14. doi: 10.1080/17538157.2023.2299881. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUnderdiagnosis, misdiagnosis, and patterns of social inequality that translate into unequal access to health systems all pose barriers to identifying and recruiting diverse and representative populations into research on Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias. In response, some have turned to algorithms to identify patients living with dementia using information that is associated with this condition but that is not as specific as a diagnosis. This paper explains six ethical issues associated w...
Source: Informatics for Health and Social Care - January 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Alex John London Jason Karlawish Emily A Largent Spencer Phillips Hey Ellen P McCarthy Source Type: research

How satisfied are patients with nursing care and why? A comprehensive study based on social media and opinion mining
Inform Health Soc Care. 2024 Jan 4:1-14. doi: 10.1080/17538157.2023.2297307. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo assess the overall experience of a patient in a hospital, many factors must be analyzed; nonetheless, one of the key aspects is the performance of nurses as they closely interact with patients on many occasions. Nurses carry out many tasks that could be assessed to understand the patient's satisfaction and consequently, the effectiveness of the offered services. To assess their performance, traditionally, expensive, and time-consuming methods such as questionnaires and interviews have been used; nevertheless, the d...
Source: Informatics for Health and Social Care - January 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jesus Serrano-Guerrero Mohammad Bani-Doumi Francisco Chiclana Francisco P Romero Jose A Olivas Source Type: research