Κατεύθυνση Πληροφορική της Υγείας
Library of the School of Health Sciences

2022-10-04

2022

Chysai Gioutzin

Ιωάννης Μαντάς, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής Σχολής, ΕΚΠΑ
Εμμανουήλ Ζούλιας, ΕΔΙΠ, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής Σχολής, ΕΚΠΑ
Γάλλος Παρίσης, Εξωτερικός Συνεργάτης, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής Σχολής, ΕΚΠΑ

Ανάπτυξη δικτυακού τόπου για την παρακολούθηση και ενημέρωση ασθενών σε καραντίνα

Greek

Development of a web site to monitor and inform patients in quarantine

Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic, apart from its high morbidity and mortality, highlighted the inefficiencies of the health systems and brought to light the usefulness of telemedicine regarding the management of patients amidst strict measures for the protection of public health.
Aim: To highlight the usefulness and advantages of the development of a website to monitor and inform patients in home based quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic and to investigate the obstacles associated with its application as well as healthcare professionals’ attitudes and beliefs.
Material and Method: The present systematic review includes 18 studies which were retrieved by valid data bases using the PRISMA method.
Results: The development of websites and the use of telemedicine to manage patients in home based quarantine are feasible through the use of IoT and the digital medical or not devices. The use of platforms and cloud services contributed to the effective and timely patient triage, the reduction in the virus transmission and the healthcare professionals’ protection. The recognition of signs and symptoms of deterioration through protocols and alarms, virtual sessions and the use of telephones was timely and effective. The use of data bases to record patients’ signs and symptoms through self-evaluation facilitated patients’ successful management. The patients were found highly satisfied. The healthcare professionals’ knowledge of telemedicine was not satisfactory. They considered it useful for managing patients amidst pandemics or with chronic diseases without serious comorbitity. Doctors were more positive compared to nurses. The main obstacles found were legal issues, protection of patients’ privacy and personal data, technical difficulties, worries about changes in the relationship between healthcare professionals and patients as well as the lack of education.
Conclusions: Telemedicine is not yet widespread despite its successful use during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need for continuous education of the healthcare professionals, multidisciplinary holistic approach, legal framework adjustment, and more studies which will contribute to the development of strategies for telemedicine’s widespread implementation.

Health Sciences

COVID-19 pandemic, Telemedicine, Healthcare professionals, Implemented models, Beliefs, Attitudes,

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