Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Telemedicine among Health Professional Faculty Working in Teaching Hospitals

Zayapragassarazan, Z; Kumar, Santosh

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2016/19080.7431

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“…The proportion of respondents in this survey who have good knowledge of telemedicine (37.6%) was similar to the proportion of respondents of a cross-sectional study in India, which is about 41% [18] and slightly lower than the proportion of medical students in Sir Lanka (43%) from a survey of final-year medical students studying at the Faculty of Medicine, Sri Jayewardenepura University (SJU), Sri Lanka [27].…”

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“…Among others, human-related components such as users' knowledge and attitude toward technology are of high importance. A survey in Michigan State University, USA, and other similar studies show that attitude and perception is an important and key research question to explain how telemedicine is viewed and conceived by health professionals [17, 18, 22–25]. To deal with these issues, targeted strategies need to be taken into consideration to facilitate the deployment of the technology.…”

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Knowledge and Attitude of Health Professionals toward Telemedicine in Resource-Limited Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in North West Ethiopia

Biruk

Abetu

2018

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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Background In resource-limited environments, such as those categorized as underdeveloped countries, telemedicine becomes viewed as effective channel for utilizing the scarce medical resources and infrastructures. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude toward telemedicine among cross section of health professionals' working in three hospitals in North West Ethiopia. Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 312 health professionals working in three different hospitals of North Gondar Administrative Zone during November 13 to December 10, 2017. Data were collected using structured self-administered questionnaires. Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS version 20. The mean, percentage, and standard deviation were calculated to describe the characteristics of respondents. The chi-square test was used as appropriate, to evaluate the statistical significance of the differences between the responses of the participants. A P value of < 0.05 was considered significant. Result A total of 312 study subjects were approached and included in the study from November 13 to December 10, and the response rate was 95.5%. The majority of respondents (195 (65.4%)) were male, and the majority of the respondents (66.1%) were in the age group of 21–29 years. A large number of respondents (224 (75%)) were bachelor's degree holders. Only 37.6% of the respondents had demonstrated good knowledge of telemedicine, of which 74.1% were male, 65.2% of them were in the age group of 20–29 years, and 63.4% of them had >5 years of work experience. 191 (64.0%) respondents had good attitude toward telemedicine. Conclusion The findings of the study suggest that although the respondents' knowledge of telemedicine is limited, most of them have good attitude toward telemedicine. This study underlined the need of giving training on telemedicine in order to fill the knowledge gap.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Health Professionals toward Telemedicine in Resource-Limited Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in North West Ethiopia

Biruk

Abetu

2018

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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“…Compared to other aspects of telehealth research (i.e., feasibility, effectiveness, economics, and satisfaction), literature related to education and training in telehealth has remained scant 14. This may be due to many providers being unacquainted with telehealth or perhaps a lack of interest in the field, secondary to this limited experience 15,16. One study found that 77% of faculty surveyed identified a need for training in telehealth 15.…”

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“…In addition, student availability does not always match with the provider–patient telehealth encounter 9. Other programs have found that minimal faculty exposure, knowledge, and comfort may impact their willingness to offer telehealth educations 15,16. For nurse practitioners to be prepared in telehealth training in school, these barriers must be addressed.…”

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Telehealth and eHealth in nurse practitioner training: current perspectives

Rutledge¹,

Kott²,

Schweickert³

et al. 2017

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Telehealth is becoming a vital process for providing access to cost-effective quality care to patients at a distance. As such, it is important for nurse practitioners, often the primary providers for rural and disadvantaged populations, to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to utilize telehealth technologies in practice. In reviewing the literature, very little information was found on programs that addressed nurse practitioner training in telehealth. This article provides an overview of both the topics and the techniques that have been utilized for training nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students in the delivery of care utilizing telehealth. Specifically, this article focuses on topics including 1) defining telehealth, 2) telehealth etiquette, 3) interprofessional collaboration, 4) regulations, 5) reimbursement, 6) security/Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 7) ethical practice in telehealth, and 8) satisfaction of patients and providers. A multimodal approach based on a review of the literature is presented for providing the training: 1) didactics, 2) simulations including standardized patient encounters, 3) practice immersions, and 4) telehealth projects. Studies found that training using the multimodal approach allowed the students to develop comfort, knowledge, and skills needed to embrace the utilization of telehealth in health care.

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“…The success of Telemedicine depends on the knowledge and understanding of the concept, skills acquired, attitude towards technology and working environment by the concerned professionals ( 32 , 33 ). To succeed, the culture of using these technologies should be promoted ( 34 ).…”

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Formulating Telemedicine Strategies in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Ehteshami

Saghaeiannejad-Isfahani

Samadbeik

et al. 2018

Acta Inform Med

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Introduction:The use of telemedicine technology can lead to an equitable distribution of specialized care. There are numerous influencing factors which should be identified for successful implementation and efficacy of telemedicine. The aim of this study was to evaluate current situation and internal and external environment of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) and prepare telemedicine development strategies for IUMS.Methods:This study was an applied cross-sectional mixed method study which was conducted between July 2014 to November 2016 and in five phases in IUMS. a) Evaluating Internal and external factors (IFE & EFE); b) Formulating goals; c) Identifying and prioritizing strategic problems; d) Setting objectives; and e) formulating the strategies to develop telemedicine in IUMS. The research sample included 147 of IUMS inner customers and stakeholders in the first phase (census) and 14 in the second phase (Purposive sampling based on more work experience). In the first phase, to analyze obtained data of two researcher-made questionnaires, measures of central tendency and dispersion (frequency, percent and mean) were calculated using SPSS. To evaluate internal and external factors and formulating strategies was used TOWS matrix. And finally, to select optimal strategies for telemedicine developing quantitative strategic planning matrix was used.Results:The final score of internal and external factors evaluation was 2.67 and 2.68, respectively. According to the strategic position and action evaluation (SPACE), telemedicine strategic planning in IUMS was in aggressive posture. Because the numbers were closer to 2.5 can be concluded that based on internal factors the organization was in moderate to strong and based on external factors was in a moderate level and neither have a serious positive feature for use the opportunities outside the organization and suffered a serious threat from the outside of organization. Finally, we formulated 14 strategies to develop telemedicine in IUMS as followings: 5 SO, 2 ST, 5 WO, and 2 WT strategies.Conclusion:Telemedicine development in IUMS is located in poor aggressive posture. Therefore, IUMS can develop telemedicine and subsequently, in this study, strategies were developed to preserve and retain healthcare workers, practical studies, data confidentiality and security programs, and other issues.

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Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Telemedicine among Health Professional Faculty Working in Teaching Hospitals

Cited by 73 publications

References 13 publications

Knowledge and Attitude of Health Professionals toward Telemedicine in Resource-Limited Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in North West Ethiopia

Knowledge and Attitude of Health Professionals toward Telemedicine in Resource-Limited Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in North West Ethiopia

Telehealth and eHealth in nurse practitioner training: current perspectives

Formulating Telemedicine Strategies in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

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