e-health readiness assessment tools for Healthcare institutions in developing countries
e-health readiness assessment tools for Healthcare institutions in developing countries
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DOI：
10.1089/tmj.2006.0064
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发表时间：
2007-08-01
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Gilani, Salman
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作者：
Khoja, Shariq;Scott, Richard E.;Gilani, Salman
电子健康准备是指医疗机构或社区为与信息和通信技术(ICT)相关的计划带来的预期变化做好准备。本文介绍了为发展中国家的医疗机构开发的电子健康就绪评估工具。整个研究的目标是为发展中国家的公共和私营医疗机构开发电子健康准备评估工具，并在巴基斯坦测试这些工具。利用参与性行动研究开发了工具，以收集合作伙伴的意见，审查现有工具，并根据现有文献制定关于获得电子保健的决定因素的概念框架。为管理者和医疗保健提供者开发了单独的工具，以评估其机构内的电子健康准备情况。管理人员和医疗保健提供者的工具分别包含54个和50个项目。每种工具都包含四类准备情况。每个类别中的项目被分成几个部分，这些部分要么代表获得电子保健的决定因素，要么代表规划的一个重要方面。这些工具的概念框架以及有效性和可靠性测试分别在不同的论文中给出。已经为发展中国家的医疗保健机构开发了面向医疗保健提供者和管理人员的电子健康准备评估工具。
e-Health Readiness refers to the preparedness of healthcare institutions or communities for the anticipated change brought by programs related to Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This paper presents e-Health Readiness assessment tools developed for healthcare institutions in developing countries. The objectives of the overall study were to develop e-health readiness assessment tools for public and private healthcare institutions in developing countries, and to test these tools in Pakistan. Tools were developed using participatory action research to capture partners' opinions, reviewing existing tools, and developing a conceptual framework based on available literature on the determinants of access to e-health. Separate tools were developed for managers and for healthcare providers to assess e-health readiness within their institutions. The tools for managers and healthcare providers contained 54 and 50 items, respectively. Each tool contained four categories of readiness. The items in each category were distributed into sections, which either represented a determinant of access to e-health, or an important aspect of planning. The conceptual framework, and the validity and reliability testing of these tools are presented in separate papers. e-Health readiness assessment tools for healthcare providers and managers have been developed for healthcare institutions in developing countries.