A survey of mHealth use from a physician perspective in paediatric emergency care in the UK and Ireland
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Article Title | A survey of mHealth use from a physician perspective in paediatric emergency care in the UK and Ireland |
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ERA Journal ID | 16095 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Jahn, Haiko Kurt, Jahn, Ingo Henry Johannes, Behringer, Wilhelm, Lyttle, Mark D., Roland, Damian and Paediatric Emergency Research in the United Kingdom |
Journal Title | European Journal of Pediatrics |
Journal Citation | 180 (8), pp. 2409-2418 |
Article Number | Germany |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Germany |
ISSN | 0340-6199 |
1432-1076 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04023-0 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04023-0 |
Abstract | There has been a drive towards increased digitalisation in healthcare. The aim was to provide a snapshot of current apps, instant messaging, and smartphone photography use in paediatric emergency care. A web-based self-report questionnaire was performed. Individual physicians working in paediatric emergency care recorded their personal practice. One hundred ninety-eight medical doctors completed the survey. Eight percent of respondents had access to institutional mobile devices to run medical apps. Eighty-six percent of respondents used medical apps on their personal mobile device, with 78% using Apple iOS devices. Forty-seven percent of respondents used formulary apps daily. Forty-nine percent of respondents had between 1–5 medical apps on their personal mobile device. Respondents who used medical apps had a total of 845 medical apps installed on their personal device, accounted for by 56 specific apps. The British National Formulary (BNF/BNFc) app was installed on the personal mobile device of 96% of respondents that use medical apps. Forty percent of respondents had patient confidentiality concerns when using medical apps. Thirty-eight percent of respondents have used consumer instant messaging services, 6% secure specialist messaging services, and 29% smartphone photography when seeking patient management advice. |
Keywords | Child health; Emergency medicine; Information science; Health service research; Paediatrics |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420302. Digital health |
420308. Health informatics and information systems | |
Byline Affiliations | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany |
University of Queensland | |
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, United Kingdom | |
University of the West of England, United Kingdom | |
University of Leicester, United Kingdom | |
Royal Infirmary, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic (PEMLA) Group, United Kingdom | |
Paediatric Emergency Research in the United Kingdom and Ireland (PERUKI) |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/w5x89/a-survey-of-mhealth-use-from-a-physician-perspective-in-paediatric-emergency-care-in-the-uk-and-ireland
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