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View article: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspective on the Implementation of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePROs) in Danish Municipalities
Healthcare Professionals’ Perspective on the Implementation of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePROs) in Danish Municipalities Open
A new system for handling electronic patient reported outcomes (ePROs) is being implemented in the Danish municipal health centers. The system, called Kommunal PRO (KPRO), is being implemented to provide dialogue support for healthcare pro…
View article: Exploring, describing, and mapping the constitutive elements of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) used in clinical practice
Exploring, describing, and mapping the constitutive elements of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) used in clinical practice Open
Background: The functionality and purpose of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have evolved as a result of their digitalisation and extended application in clinical practice. The diffusion of PROs on various organisational levels in differe…
View article: Equity in digital healthcare – the case of Denmark
Equity in digital healthcare – the case of Denmark Open
As digital healthcare services are expanding in use and purpose in a Danish context so are the functionalities embedded in these, constituting citizens’ access to healthcare services and personal health data. In Denmark, the impact of ineq…
View article: Digital health care and data work: Who are the data professionals?
Digital health care and data work: Who are the data professionals? Open
Background: This article reports on a study that investigated data professionals in health care. The topic is interesting and relevant because of the ongoing trend towards digitisation of the healthcare domain and efforts for it to become …
View article: Medical Secretaries’ Registration Work in the Data-Driven Healthcare Era
Medical Secretaries’ Registration Work in the Data-Driven Healthcare Era Open
Through a qualitative study in six hospital departments in the Northern Region of Denmark, this article aims to shed light on how a non-clinical group, medical secretaries, supports clinical-administrative documentation as they translate b…
View article: Proceedings of the 18th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics
Proceedings of the 18th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics Open
This proceeding presents the papers presented at the 18th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics - SHI 2022 in Tromsø, Norway on August 22-24, 2022.
View article: The association between patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient participation in chronic care: A scoping review
The association between patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient participation in chronic care: A scoping review Open
The review provides knowledge concerning the association between PROs and patient participation to enhance future chronic care, research, and discussions in the area.
View article: The experiences of community-dwelling individuals with newly diagnosed type-2 diabetes in using patient-reported outcomes in a municipal setting
The experiences of community-dwelling individuals with newly diagnosed type-2 diabetes in using patient-reported outcomes in a municipal setting Open
Objective The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of citizens with newly diagnosed type-2 diabetes when using a newly developed and implemented patient-reported outcome (PRO) questionnaire as part of clinical practice in a mun…
View article: People Centeredness, Chronic Conditions and Diversity Sensitive eHealth: Exploring Emancipation of the ‘Health Care System’ and the ‘Patient’ in Health Informatics
People Centeredness, Chronic Conditions and Diversity Sensitive eHealth: Exploring Emancipation of the ‘Health Care System’ and the ‘Patient’ in Health Informatics Open
Health care systems struggle to consistently deliver integrated high-quality, safe, and patient-centered care to all in an economically sustainable manner. Inequity of access to health care services and variation in diagnostic and treatmen…
View article: Changing Health Behavior with Social Technology? A Pilot Test of a Mobile App Designed for Social Support of Physical Activity
Changing Health Behavior with Social Technology? A Pilot Test of a Mobile App Designed for Social Support of Physical Activity Open
Mobile applications targeting people engaged in physical activity have increased. However, while research has identified social support as a key factor for people’s engagement in physical activity, most mobile health (mHealth) applications…
View article: People-Centeredness, Chronic Conditions and Diversity Sensitive eHealth: Exploring Emancipation of the ‘Health Care System’ and the ‘Patient’ in Health Informatics
People-Centeredness, Chronic Conditions and Diversity Sensitive eHealth: Exploring Emancipation of the ‘Health Care System’ and the ‘Patient’ in Health Informatics Open
Critically the paper argues that a truly people-centered technology supported chronic care system can only be designed by understanding and responding to the needs, attributes and capabilities of the most vulnerable in society. The paper s…
View article: The Purpose of Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Post Its Digitalization and Integration into Clinical Practice: An Interdisciplinary Redefinition Resembling PROs Theoretical and Practical Evolvement
The Purpose of Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Post Its Digitalization and Integration into Clinical Practice: An Interdisciplinary Redefinition Resembling PROs Theoretical and Practical Evolvement Open
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) digitalization and integration into clinical practice has widened its purpose, which makes it relevant to reconceptualize PRO accordingly. Therefore, this study aims to describe and critically discuss the p…
View article: The Digital Transformation of Patient-Reported Outcomes’ (PROs) Functionality Within Healthcare
The Digital Transformation of Patient-Reported Outcomes’ (PROs) Functionality Within Healthcare Open
This paper elucidates how the functionality of Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) has evolved due to its digital transformation. Hence, PROs traditional use within healthcare is described and compared to the application of electronic PROs (ePR…
View article: Does Health-IT Improve People Centered Care?
Does Health-IT Improve People Centered Care? Open
Patient involvement can be supported in many ways, some of these through health IT (HIT). Health care practice is changing with digitalization and technologies that patients can use to generate data outside the formal health facilities are…
View article: Experts Perception of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) in a Danish Context
Experts Perception of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) in a Danish Context Open
This paper elucidates the understanding of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) among experts in a Danish context. PROs are currently implemented on a regional and national level in Denmark (DK); even though, their purpose and functionality se…
View article: Design for Healthy Horizons in a Local Community
Design for Healthy Horizons in a Local Community Open
Communities and social support are considered to be important for people's ability to cultivate a healthy lifestyle. Yet, digital technology for everyday health predominantly focuses on individual use and performance optimisation. In this …
View article: Theory and Practice in Digital Behaviour Change: A Matrix Framework for the Co-Production of Digital Services That Engage, Empower and Emancipate Marginalised People Living with Complex and Chronic Conditions
Theory and Practice in Digital Behaviour Change: A Matrix Framework for the Co-Production of Digital Services That Engage, Empower and Emancipate Marginalised People Living with Complex and Chronic Conditions Open
Background: The WHO framework on integrated people-centred health services promotes a focus on the needs of people and their communities to empower them to have a more active role in their own health. It has advocated five strategies inclu…
View article: Contradictions in digital health engagement: An activity tracker’s ambiguous influence on vulnerable young adults’ engagement in own health
Contradictions in digital health engagement: An activity tracker’s ambiguous influence on vulnerable young adults’ engagement in own health Open
Objective Activity trackers are designed to support individuals in monitoring and increasing their physical activity. The use of activity trackers among individuals diagnosed with depression and anxiety has not yet been examined. This pilo…
View article: Monitoring and Benchmarking eHealth in the Nordic Countries
Monitoring and Benchmarking eHealth in the Nordic Countries Open
The Nordic eHealth Research Network, a subgroup of the Nordic Council of Ministers eHealth group, is working on developing indicators to monitor progress in availability, use and outcome of eHealth applications in the Nordic countries. Thi…
View article: MOVE: A Mobile App Designed for Social Health Relations in Residential Areas
MOVE: A Mobile App Designed for Social Health Relations in Residential Areas Open
This paper describes the design of MOVE, a mobile app to support people in forming social relations around exercise in residential areas. MOVE was developed in collaboration with residents and health professionals in a neighbourhood identi…
View article: Equality Challenges in the Use of eHealth: Selected Results from a Danish Citizens Survey
Equality Challenges in the Use of eHealth: Selected Results from a Danish Citizens Survey Open
The increased focus on and use of citizen/patient generated health data has spurred a wide range of personal health technology projects within digital intervention in health, e.g. telehealth. These developments are focused on objectives of…
View article: Participatory Continuing Design: “Living with” Videoconferencing in Rehabilitation
Participatory Continuing Design: “Living with” Videoconferencing in Rehabilitation Open
While much research emphasizes design-before-use, we here study design-in-use. The notion of participatory continuing design is introduced to draw attention to the ongoing work of incorporating information and communication technology into…
View article: Bringing new voices to design of exercise technology
Bringing new voices to design of exercise technology Open
Physical activity is important for people's health, but it can be challenging especially for people who are vulnerable because of mental disorders. This paper contributes to participatory approaches developed to include vulnerable people i…
View article: Danish Citizens and General Practitioners' Use of ICT for their Mutual Communication
Danish Citizens and General Practitioners' Use of ICT for their Mutual Communication Open
This paper reports on selected findings from a Danish national survey of citizens' perception and use of information and communication technology (ICT) for their health care [1]. Focus is on citizens' use of ICT and on communication with t…