Name
Title | ||
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Requirements for and barriers towards interoperable eHealth technology in primary care |
Abstract | ||
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Despite the rapid growth of eHealth technology, eHealth applications are rarely embedded within primary care. Largely, this is due to a lack of interoperability among different systems. This article describes the identification of requirements for, and barriers towards interoperable eHealth technology from the perspective of healthcare professionals. These actors are crucial end-users of eHealth technology, as they are able to decide when, and which patients make use of it. We distributed online surveys and performed in-depth, semi-structured interviews in seven Dutch primary care centers. Next, we coded the data and applied thematic analysis. This resulted in an overview of context-driven requirements and barriers. It turned out that we could subdivide these results according to an interoperability framework into levels of interoperability, as workflow process, information, applications, and IT infrastructure. Only when all identified levels of interoperability are taken into account, implementation of interoperable eHealth technology in primary care can succeed. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2015 | 10.1109/MIC.2015.53 | IEEE Internet Computing |
Field | DocType | Volume |
Telemedicine,Health care,World Wide Web,Computer science,Interoperability,Information exchange,Knowledge management,eHealth,Information technology management,Health information exchange,Workflow | Journal | PP |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
99 | 1089-7801 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 1 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Oude Nijeweme d'Hollosy | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Lex van Velsen | 2 | 139 | 15.58 |
| Martine Huygens | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Hermie Hermens | 4 | 160 | 21.87 |