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Barriers and Facilitators When Implementing Web-Based Disease Monitoring and Management as a Substitution for Regular Outpatient Care in Pediatric Asthma: Qualitative Survey Study.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Despite their potential benefits, many electronic health (eHealth) innovations evaluated in major studies fail to integrate into organizational routines, and the implementation of these innovations remains problematic. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to describe health care professionals' self-identified perceived barriers and facilitators for the implementation of a Web-based portal to monitor asthmatic children as a substitution for routine outpatient care. Also, we assessed patients' (or their parents) satisfaction with this eHealth innovation. METHODS:Between April and November 2015, we recruited 76 health care professionals (from 14 hospitals). During a period of 6 months, participants received 3 questionnaires to identify factors that facilitated or impeded the use of this eHealth innovation. Questionnaires for patients (or parents) were completed after the 6-month virtual asthma clinic (VAC) implementation period. RESULTS:Major perceived barriers included concerns about the lack of structural financial reimbursement for Web-based monitoring, lack of integration of this eHealth innovation with electronic medical records, the burden of Web-based portal use on clinician workload, and altered patient-professional relationship (due to fewer face-to-face contacts). Major perceived facilitators included enthusiastic and active initiators, a positive attitude of professionals toward eHealth, the possibility to tailor care to individual patients ("personalized eHealth"), easily deliverable care according to current guidelines using the VAC, and long-term profit and efficiency. CONCLUSIONS:The implementation of Web-based disease monitoring and management in children is complex and dynamic and is influenced by multiple factors at the levels of the innovation itself, individual professionals, patients, social context, organizational context, and economic and political context. Understanding and defining the barriers and facilitators that influence the context is crucial for the successful implementation and sustainability of eHealth innovations.

SUBMITTER: van den Wijngaart LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6239865 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Barriers and Facilitators When Implementing Web-Based Disease Monitoring and Management as a Substitution for Regular Outpatient Care in Pediatric Asthma: Qualitative Survey Study.

van den Wijngaart Lara S LS   Geense Wytske W WW   Boehmer Annemie Lm AL   Brouwer Marianne L ML   Hugen Cindy Ac CA   van Ewijk Bart E BE   Koenen-Jacobs Marie-José MJ   Landstra Anneke M AM   Niers Laetitia Em LE   van Onzenoort-Bokken Lonneke L   Ottink Mark D MD   Rikkers-Mutsaerts Eleonora Rvm ER   Groothuis Iris I   Vaessen-Verberne Anja A AA   Roukema Jolt J   Merkus Peter Jfm PJ  

Journal of medical Internet research 20181030 10


<h4>Background</h4>Despite their potential benefits, many electronic health (eHealth) innovations evaluated in major studies fail to integrate into organizational routines, and the implementation of these innovations remains problematic.<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study was to describe health care professionals' self-identified perceived barriers and facilitators for the implementation of a Web-based portal to monitor asthmatic children as a substitution for routine outpatient care. Al  ...[more]

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