World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 323 - 330
Published: Feb. 25, 2024
This paper reviews the managerial challenges and strategies for improving healthcare in rural underserved areas. It explores managers' unique obstacles, including resource allocation, staffing, infrastructure development, technology integration, policy compliance, community engagement. Through a comprehensive literature review, identifies effective such as innovative human management, financial sustainability models, operational efficiencies, technological advancements, reforms, community-based approaches. The analysis emphasizes importance of adaptability, local context consideration, stakeholder involvement implementing these strategies. concludes with call to action continued research, reform, collaborative efforts address systemic aiming enhance access, quality, equity services populations.
Language: Английский
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21MENTAL HEALTH AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: A PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEW OF CURRENT TRENDS AND RESPONSES
International Medical Science Research Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(2), P. 108 - 125
Published: Feb. 2, 2024
The intersection of mental health and digital technology has become a critical focus in the realm public health. This paper provides concise overview current trends responses within this evolving landscape. widespread integration into daily life both positive negative implications for On one hand, platforms offer innovative tools support, including virtual therapy, apps, online communities. These resources enhance accessibility reduce barriers to seeking help. Conversely, concerns have arisen regarding adverse impact excessive screen time, social media use, cyberbullying on well-being. explores prevalence interventions, emphasizing need evidence-based practices regulatory frameworks ensure their efficacy user safety. Additionally, it addresses growing recognition divide disparities access resources, importance inclusivity initiatives. Responses these challenges involve collaborative efforts among professionals, developers, policymakers, practitioners. highlights research understanding nuanced relationship between health, informing development targeted interventions. Furthermore, emphasizes comprehensive strategies that prioritize literacy, education, promotion behaviors. underscores multifaceted nature technology, calling holistic approach address opportunities dynamic landscape. Keywords: Mental Digital technologies, Public Trends, Review.
Language: Английский
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14Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
JAMA Network Open, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(7), P. e2420853 - e2420853
Published: July 10, 2024
Telehealth services expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
Language: Английский
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4Audio-Based Care for Managing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Adults
Medical Care, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 63(2), P. 134 - 151
Published: Jan. 9, 2025
Background: Telehealth services can increase access to care by reducing barriers. Telephone-administered care, in particular, requires few resources and may be preferred communities areas that are systemically underserved. Understanding the effectiveness of audio-based is important combat current mental health crisis inform discussions related reimbursement privileges. Objectives: We compared usual for managing substance use disorders (MHSUD). Design: used systematic review methods synthesize available evidence. Studies: searched English-language articles reporting randomized controlled trials (RCTs) adults diagnosed with MHSUD published since 2012. Outcomes: abstracted data on clinical outcomes, patient-reported quality life, utilization, experience, patient safety. Results: included 31 RCTs participants depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other serious illness (SMI), anxiety, insomnia, or (SUD). Most evidence was interventions targeting PTSD, SUD. The demonstrates promise for: (1) replacing in-person audio SMI, SUD (very low moderate certainty comparable effectiveness); (2) adding monitor treat (low favoring outcomes). Conclusions: managed certain situations. However, more needed across conditions, specifically anxiety conditions which no research identified.
Language: Английский
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0Medical students’ and educators’ opinions of teleconsultation in practice and undergraduate education: A UK-based mixed-methods study
PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 20(3), P. e0302088 - e0302088
Published: March 6, 2025
As information and communication technology continues to shape the healthcare landscape, future medical practitioners need be equipped with skills competencies that ensure safe, high-quality, person-centred in a digitised system. This study investigated undergraduate students' educators' opinions of teleconsultation practice general their education. used cross-sectional, mixed-methods approach, utilising additional coverage design sequence integrate qualitative quantitative data. An online questionnaire was sent out all schools UK, inviting students educators participate. Questionnaire participants were given opportunity take part semi-structured interview. Descriptive correlation analyses thematic analysis conducted. A total 248 completed 23 interviews Saving time reduced risks transmitting infectious diseases identified as common advantages using teleconsultation. However, concerns about confidentiality accessibility services expressed by educators. Eight themes from analysis. The relevant (1) benefit teleconsultations, (2) second-best option, (3) Patient choice, (4) Teleconsultations differ in-person interactions, (5) Impact on education (6) Considerations reflections required skills, (7) Learning teaching content, (8) results this have implications for both confidentiality, safety, respecting patients' preferences, are important considerations implementing teleconsultations practice. Education should focus assessing appropriateness offering accessible equal care, developing effective clinical reasoning. High-quality can influence
Language: Английский
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0Navigating digital frontiers in UAE healthcare: A qualitative exploration of healthcare professionals’ and patients’ experiences with AI and telemedicine
PLOS Digital Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(4), P. e0000586 - e0000586
Published: April 8, 2025
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and telemedicine into healthcare has significantly advanced patient-centered care, enhancing accessibility, convenience, patient-doctor relationships. However, different factors determine the extent to which such benefits are realized, especially in unique settings as United Arab Emirates (UAE). In this regard, research explores professionals’ patients’ perspectives understand various that influence adoption use AI UAE’s sector. This sought benefits, challenges, enablers successful utilization setting. Through objective, aims contribute scanty knowledge on emerging technologies, AI, infrastructural cultural contexts. study employed a qualitative approach, through eight professionals seven patients (totaling 15 participants) were recruited from Dubai- Abu Dhabi-based hospitals using purposive sampling strategy. participants’ insights views topic captured semi-structured face-to-face interviews. These interviews analyzed thematic analysis established while associated with including management chronic illnesses, effective controlling infectious diseases, saving health-related costs time, they suffer drawbacks, limited financial resources, significant gaps skills, safety concerns, likelihood misdiagnosis misinformation. also observed UAE sector necessitated incentivizing stakeholders technology, full involvement engagement across all stages implementation, adequate training staff, public awareness. demonstrates integrating necessitates addressing contextual hindrances. results highlight need address limitations, adequately train professionals, enhance data privacy. lays foundation for further challenges hindering implementation order develop generic, context-specific framework will guide technologies global industry.
Language: Английский
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0Perspectives on physical activity among women with fibromyalgia: a qualitative study
Journal of Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 7, 2025
Abstract Aim This study aimed to understand physical activity (PA) behaviors and beliefs in fibromyalgia (FM) patients address intervention needs. Subject methods A qualitative was conducted using semi-structured interviews based on five social cognitive theory (SCT) constructs: behavioral capability, outcome expectations, self-efficacy, self-regulation, support. Ten female FM aged 18–65 were interviewed for 30–60 min. Data audio recorded, transcribed, analyzed content analysis. Results Findings organized by SCT constructs revealed eight key themes. For capacity, participants reported a lack of knowledge about PA the need person-centered approach. Regarding they focused perceived health benefits. Self-efficacy influenced past negative experiences, environmental barriers, personal challenges. Integrating into daily routines emerged as form while positive interactions critical Conclusion identified factors related behavior patients, offering suggestions developing effective interventions. Fostering self-efficacy addressing support, along with telehealth, can help overcome barriers enhance long-term adherence.
Language: Английский
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0Prioritizing Patient-Centered Care in a World of Increasingly Advanced Technologies and Disconnected Care
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34(4), P. 452 - 462
Published: Sept. 11, 2024
Language: Английский
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3Revolutionizing healthcare in Somalia: the role of digital innovations in enhancing access and quality
Published: Nov. 25, 2024
Somalia’s healthcare system faces significant challenges, including limited infrastructure, a shortage of professionals (2.5 physicians per 10,000 people), and geographic disparities in access to care, leading only 35% the population having basic health services. Despite these, Somalia is embracing digital technologies address these challenges improve delivery. Telehealth platforms such as Baano SomDoctor provide remote consultations specialized care overcome geographical barriers. mHealth solutions, Hello! Caafi, leverages expanding telecommunications network deliver information The development an electronic immunization registry demonstrated role records streamlining services improving data accuracy. potential benefits, persist, unreliable Internet (27.6% penetration rate), need ensure privacy security. Capacity building literacy enhancement among providers populations are crucial. Learning from successful initiatives African countries that have effectively used for medical supply delivery improved essential. roadmap emphasizes government leadership, public-private partnerships, context-specific investment capacity building, measures. This perspective explores current innovations their impact on quality, outlining establishing sustainable ecosystem.
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3Digital determinants of health: Editorial
PLOS Digital Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(11), P. e0000373 - e0000373
Published: Nov. 28, 2023
Digital health systems have grown very rapidly in the last decade high-income regions, including North America and Europe, also many low-and middle-income regions [1].While core information like electronic records radiology are central to this progress, equally important mobile tools, telehealth systems, certain uses of social media.The benefits shown healthcare delivery public from use these predicated both on access diverse set tools (based technology, power, networking, training) ability workers patients them effectively (digital literacy).In edition journal, focus is a new concept: Determinants Health (DDoH), described below.Clearly, there inequalities technologies around world different ways delivering care.The concern here with inequities care driven by poverty, mismanagement, that continue be designed without right all groups abilities locations good quality healthcare.Health equity "the absence inequities, differences unnecessary, avoidable, unfair, unjust" [2].Using range methods, authors explored importance aspects emerging area research, surveying literature 3 scoping reviews, developed frameworks for describing analyzing factors potential biases.The comprehensiveness work has been aided policy inclusion authors, reviewers, editors communities countries at PLOS Health.DDoH recent concept recognizes increasingly role digital plays high-quality worldwide prevent people fully benefiting tools.Chidambaram colleagues introduce DDoH "An introduction determinants health" [3].These ideas build off existing Social defined as "conditions environments which born, live, learn, work, play, worship, age affect wide health, functioning, quality-of-life outcomes risks"[2].This, turn, based Dhalgren Whitehead's Rainbow Model [4].They describe derivation DDoH, design, implementation, technology health.This includes emphasis problematic relationship between lower socioeconomic status,
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