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- Title
Exploring perceptions on medical app use in clinical communication among Austrian physicians: Results of a validation study.
- Authors
Haluza, Daniela; Hofer, Fanni
- Abstract
Physicians increasingly use medical applications to facilitate clinical information management. The respective effect on clinical communication and quality of healthcare provision has not been studied in the Austrian context so far. Thus, the current cross-sectional online study analyzed prevalent medical applications use and views on clinical communication competence in everyday medical practice among Austrian physicians (n = 151) and validated the survey tool. More than half of the participants used medical applications in daily clinical practice. The top three benefits of medical applications use were higher quality of healthcare, location-independent health service access, and higher efficiency in healthcare resource allocation. Moreover, study participants felt that communication competence acquired during medical studies inadequately prepared them for daily clinical practices. Medical applications use certainly affects the therapeutic alliance between patients and physician. This study supports the importance of initiating an open, constructive discussion among healthcare stakeholders and developing according to evidence-based guidelines.
- Subjects
AUSTRIA; CONFIDENCE intervals; HEALTH care rationing; HEALTH services accessibility; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL quality control; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVEYS; TELEMEDICINE; JUDGMENT sampling; JOB performance; CROSS-sectional method; MOBILE apps; DATA analysis software; PHYSICIANS' attitudes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Health Informatics Journal, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 3, p1659
- ISSN
1460-4582
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1460458219888420