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of mobile technology in healthcare uporaba ikt na področju zdravja | use of information and communication technologies
Grega Martin Glas, Sara Hafner, Špela Rozman, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5,
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: It has been shown that ICT (Information Communication Tech-
nology) has the potential to provide better healthcare services. In the last dec-
ade, mobile technology has become very sophisticated and widely spread
among people. It provides a new set of tools to improve the health profession-
al – patient relationship. There have been developed many mobile applications
that may be potentially useful for healthcare purposes. The literature review is
aimed to present the role of mobile technology in healthcare.
Methods: A descriptive research method with critical review of English scientific
and professional literature was performed, using ScienceDirect, CINAHL with
Full Text, MEDLINE and Google Scholar. The keywords with the use of Bool‘s
operators AND and OR were: smart phones, mobile technology, healthcare.
Literature inclusion criteria were articles published between 2014 and 2020,
freely accessible and primary reviewed articles with clearly defined objectives
and methods in English language. We reviewed 15 articles, the excluded ones
did not match our inclusion criteria. The literature search took place in Febru-
ary and March 2020. Data were analyzed using content analysis method.
Results: The results showed that mobile technology can benefit patients as
well as healthcare professionals. Patients can use them as devices that help
performing daily tasks for healthier life or easier management of chronic dis-
eases. Mobile technology can empower the patients, so they can take control
over their health condition. Healthcare professionals can use it for addition-
al or different learning options or as a tool in patient-centered care. The use
of mobile technology can influence communication and relationship between
patients and healthcare professionals, also, it breaks down barriers, such as
language and long distance. Adopting mobile health technology perceived an
overall positive impact among patients, indicating they are ready to transition
from traditional clinical encounters to modern treatment ways. Nevertheless,
caution and professional perspective based on knowledge and ethical consid-
erations are needed when implementing new technology in healthcare.
Discussion and conclusions: The use of mobile technology and mobile health
interventions has increased significantly. Even though mobile phone based in-
terventions have the potential to improve treatment outcomes, there are still
challenges relating new technologies that must be taken into consideration.
To be able to understand how different factors affect the development pro-
cess from a technical and human perspective there is a need for evaluation of
mobile technology. It is necessary to conduct more studies with greater varie-
ty in research design and users on mobile applications to evaluate their effec-
tiveness.
Key words: smartphones, mobile technology, ICT, healthcare
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Grega Martin Glas, Sara Hafner, Špela Rozman, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5,
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: It has been shown that ICT (Information Communication Tech-
nology) has the potential to provide better healthcare services. In the last dec-
ade, mobile technology has become very sophisticated and widely spread
among people. It provides a new set of tools to improve the health profession-
al – patient relationship. There have been developed many mobile applications
that may be potentially useful for healthcare purposes. The literature review is
aimed to present the role of mobile technology in healthcare.
Methods: A descriptive research method with critical review of English scientific
and professional literature was performed, using ScienceDirect, CINAHL with
Full Text, MEDLINE and Google Scholar. The keywords with the use of Bool‘s
operators AND and OR were: smart phones, mobile technology, healthcare.
Literature inclusion criteria were articles published between 2014 and 2020,
freely accessible and primary reviewed articles with clearly defined objectives
and methods in English language. We reviewed 15 articles, the excluded ones
did not match our inclusion criteria. The literature search took place in Febru-
ary and March 2020. Data were analyzed using content analysis method.
Results: The results showed that mobile technology can benefit patients as
well as healthcare professionals. Patients can use them as devices that help
performing daily tasks for healthier life or easier management of chronic dis-
eases. Mobile technology can empower the patients, so they can take control
over their health condition. Healthcare professionals can use it for addition-
al or different learning options or as a tool in patient-centered care. The use
of mobile technology can influence communication and relationship between
patients and healthcare professionals, also, it breaks down barriers, such as
language and long distance. Adopting mobile health technology perceived an
overall positive impact among patients, indicating they are ready to transition
from traditional clinical encounters to modern treatment ways. Nevertheless,
caution and professional perspective based on knowledge and ethical consid-
erations are needed when implementing new technology in healthcare.
Discussion and conclusions: The use of mobile technology and mobile health
interventions has increased significantly. Even though mobile phone based in-
terventions have the potential to improve treatment outcomes, there are still
challenges relating new technologies that must be taken into consideration.
To be able to understand how different factors affect the development pro-
cess from a technical and human perspective there is a need for evaluation of
mobile technology. It is necessary to conduct more studies with greater varie-
ty in research design and users on mobile applications to evaluate their effec-
tiveness.
Key words: smartphones, mobile technology, ICT, healthcare
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