Anna Wernhart|Susanne Gahbauer|Daniela Haluza
eHealth and telemedicine: Practices and beliefs among healthcare professionals and medical students at a medical university
Medical University of Vienna|Medical University of Vienna|Medical University of Vienna
digitalization affects almost every aspect modern daily life including healthcare delivery successful adoption sustainable integration information technologybased ehealth telemedicine concepts clinical practice depend constant evaluation end user needs proficiencies preferences therefore assessed current future healthcare professionals perceived health technology solutions whether perceptions differed conducted online survey among purposive sample employees students medical university vienna austria structured questionnaire collected selfreported practices beliefs context ehealth telemedicine among 905 participants 590 females 484 employees 516 students participants expressed moderate knowledge ehealth telemedicine concepts higher levels among employees compared students p005 compared employees students less convinced online health information improves patient knowledge p0001 optimistic telemedicine reduces healthcare costs p005 participants doubted telemedicine services would enhance doctorpatient relationship raised concerns regarding data security privacy issues accordingly quantitative context analysis free text comments revealed four frequently mentioned themes related issues concerning data privacy security questions responsibility doctorpatient interaction reliability information study provides valuable insights current future healthcare professionals differ perceptions regarding ehealth telemedicine findings raise awareness need bridge gap digital age groups professional groups especially clinical healthcare delivery clockedthrough strenuous academic setting found medical university