Mobile health communication: Effective reduction of patients’ travel needs to hospitals

Aiyegbajeje, Femi Ola; Ajayi, Dickson Dare

doi:10.1080/20479700.2018.1434862

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“…It can facilitate health service delivery by overcoming transportation obstacles and economic status. In addition, mobile health clinics [41] might be an effective way to provide health services (i.e. COVID-19 testing) to vulnerable populations.…”

Section: Implications For Healthcare Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

African Americans and COVID-19: Beliefs, behaviors and vulnerability to infection

Kemp

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International Journal of Healthcare Management

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In the United States, during the early outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, African Americans experienced disproportionately high rates of infection and mortality relative to their share of the United States population. New Orleans, Louisiana was one of the places most heavily affected by the coronavirus during its early outbreak. The study that follows explores the attitudes of African Americans in New Orleans toward the virus, social and normative conditions which affected individual behaviors, as well as access to healthcare services and COVID-19 testing. In part one of the study, qualitative responses were collected from a sample of African Americans in the New Orleans area to garner perspective about their attitudes and behaviors related to the coronavirus outbreak. Part two of the study builds on findings from Study 1 with parameter estimates from a Logit regression to examine how social, economic and physical conditions determine vulnerability to COVID-19 infection among African Americans. Implications for how healthcare organizations can address the needs of vulnerable populations during a health-related crisis are discussed.

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Section: Implications For Healthcare Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

African Americans and COVID-19: Beliefs, behaviors and vulnerability to infection

Kemp

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Fuller

et al. 2020

International Journal of Healthcare Management

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“…For this reason, steps are needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, one of which is by limiting face-to-face health services. One method that can be used is telehealth or telemedicine [37][38][39][40][41], which provides health services using information and communication technology. In this system, patients can get health services without having to visit the hospital so that this will be able to prevent the spread of COVID-19.…”

Section: Recommendationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Support from healthcare managers, especially information technology managers, is urgently needed in adopting and applying information technology systems for effective decision-making. The new tools or systems such as telehealth or telemedicine [37][38][39][40][41] might be an alternative by the healthcare service provider to improve their clinical record management to face rapid changing situation due to COVID-19 pandemic in the world. The latter can be influenced by the availability of and timely access to data, the organization of information, and the competency of medical recording staff.…”

Section: Implications For International Healthcare Managersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving clinical records: their role in decision-making and healthcare management – COVID-19 perspectives

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Tasri

2020

International Journal of Healthcare Management

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Background: The ability of healthcare system to face the COVID-19 pandemic requires a professional competency in maintaining medical records to increase information and healthcare services quality. This study analyses the competency influence to medical record and health information management on planning and decision-making of healthcare services. A case study was conducted to explore this phenomenon. The COVID-19 has impacted to the clinical records is also discussed. Methods: The study uses a quantitative method to analyse correlation between medical record professional competencies, the quality and decision-making of healthcare services. Data analysis was used the structural equation model. The data were collected through purposive sampling of 49 respondents in case study hospital in Padang, Indonesia. Results: The medical record competency construct has a less significant effect on the decisionmaking construct, although the latter is positively related to competency. The quality construct is positively related to and has a significant effect on the decision-making construct. Conclusion: In the case study hospital revealed the competent medical record professional had a small influence on decision-making. In the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the new tools or systems such as telehealth or telemedicine might be an alternative by the healthcare service provider to improve their clinical record management information systems.

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“…Mobile telephone technology has the potential to widen healthcare access where there are so much physical accessibility barriers, scarce resources, and overstretching of available system as largely found in Lagos state. "mConsulting" or doctor consultations over mobile phones, is one feature of this technology that is capable of solving the problem of physical distance by reducing distance covered by patients between their locations and the hospital (Aiyegbajeje and Ajayi, 2020). In the area of maternal and neonatal services, mobile telephone technology can enhance healthcare delivery in this regard.…”

Section: Healthcare System In Lagos Statementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Currell, Urquhart, Wainwright and Lewis (2010) studied the use of mobile phones as a substitute for face-to-face medical care (2010). More recently, Aiyegbajeje and Ajayi (2016); Aiyegbajeje and Ajayi (2020) have emphasized the usefulness of mobile phones to access medical services among patients. Despite much explanation stressing the usefulness of mobile communication technology to medical service provision, there exists a serious need to identify the determining factors.…”

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Determinants of Mobile Telephone Usage for Healthcare Service Utilization

Aiyegbajeje

Ajayi

2020

IJSS

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Mobile telephone technology has penetrated all areas of life, and developing nations are enjoying the benefits it brings to various sectors, particularly healthcare. Existing literature have shown various determinants of mobile telephone usage for different purposes. However, very little attention has been given to the factors that determine the use of mobile phone for healthcare service utilization. This is crucial to healthcare service delivery planning processes. This paper, therefore, examines the factors influencing mobile phone use for healthcare services in Lagos. Using a structured questionnaire, information on demographic profile of patients, mobile telephone ownership and usage, and the determinants of use of a mobile phone for medical purposes was obtained from seven-hundred and eleven out-patients in Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). The independent and joint contribution of determining factors was analyzed using logistic regression model. The result shows that patient’s travel-time to the hospital is the major determinant of mobile phone usage for medical service utilization (Odd Ratio: 3.257). This implies that the long hours spent on travelling by patients to the healthcare centre due to heavy traffic congestion in Lagos metropolis may have encouraged the use of mobile telephone for healthcare utilization purposes. The paper suggests that healthcare policymakers should make a concerted effort to effectively manage the chaotic traffic congestion and encourage the use of mobile phones as one of the methods for providing medical services in Lagos metropolis.

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Mobile health communication: Effective reduction of patients’ travel needs to hospitals

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

African Americans and COVID-19: Beliefs, behaviors and vulnerability to infection

African Americans and COVID-19: Beliefs, behaviors and vulnerability to infection

Improving clinical records: their role in decision-making and healthcare management – COVID-19 perspectives

Determinants of Mobile Telephone Usage for Healthcare Service Utilization

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