Sophie Louise Turnbull, Charlotte Dack, Jiedi Lei, Irem Aksu, Sabrina Grant, Gemma Lasseter, Barbora Silarova, Ben Ainsworth
Barriers and facilitators to use of digital health tools by healthcare practitioners and their patients, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multimethods study
BMJ open
healthcare especially health technology evolve rapidly new challenges require healthcare professionals take new roles consequently demand health informatics competencies increasing achieving competencies using frameworks technology informatics guiding reform tiger crucial future healthcare study examines essential health informatics educational competencies health informatics challenges based tiger core competency areas rather examine country independently focus uncovering commonalities shared experiences across diverse contexts six focus group interviews conducted twentyone respondents three different countries germany n 7 portugal n 6 finland n 8 interviews took place online respondents native languages interviews transcribed summarized country braun clarkes thematic analysis framework applied included familiarization data generating initial subcategories identifying refining themes conducting final analysis uncover patterns within data agreed upon three countries competencies project management communication application direct patient care digital literacy ethics health education information knowledge management identified challenges healthcare competencies communication information communication technology project management education identified crucial inclusion educational programs emphasizing critical role healthcare education despite working digital tools daily urgent need include health informatics competencies education healthcare professionals competencies related application direct patient care itbackground knowledge itsupported itrelated management critical educational professional settings seen challenging critical healthcare