دورية أكاديمية
How a Digital Case Management Platform Affects Community-Based Palliative Care of Sub-Saharan African Cancer Patients: Clinician-Users' Perspectives.
| العنوان: | How a Digital Case Management Platform Affects Community-Based Palliative Care of Sub-Saharan African Cancer Patients: Clinician-Users' Perspectives. |
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| المؤلفون: | Ho YX; Dimagi, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States., Morse RS; DaVinci Usability, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, United States., Lambden K; Dimagi, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States., Mushi BP; Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Ngoma M; Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Mahuna H; Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Ngoma T; Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.; Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Miesfeldt S; Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, United States. |
| المصدر: | Applied clinical informatics [Appl Clin Inform] 2022 Oct; Vol. 13 (5), pp. 1092-1099. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 16. |
| نوع المنشور: | Randomized Controlled Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Thieme Country of Publication: Germany NLM ID: 101537732 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1869-0327 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18690327 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Appl Clin Inform Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2018- : Stuttgart, Germany : Thieme Original Publication: Hölderlinstr, Germany : Schattauer |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Palliative Care*/methods , Neoplasms*/therapy, Humans ; Case Management ; Specialization ; Africa South of the Sahara |
| مستخلص: | Background: Symptom control among cancer patients is a Tanzanian public health priority impacted by limited access to palliative care (PC) specialists and resources. Mobile Palliative Care Link (mPCL), a mobile/web application, aims to extend specialist access via shared care with local health workers (LHWs) with the African P alliative care O utcome S cale (POS) adapted for regular, automated symptom assessment as a core feature. Objective: The aim of the study is to assess clinicians' attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions regarding mPCL usability and utility with their patients within a government-supported, urban Tanzanian cancer hospital setting. Methods: We used a mixed methods approach including surveys, qualitative interviews, and system usage data to assess clinicians' experience with mPCL in a field study where discharged, untreatable cancer patients were randomized to mPCL or phone-contact POS collection. Results: All six specialists and 10 LHWs expressed overall satisfaction with mPCL among 49 intervention arm patients. They perceived mPCL as a way to stay connected with patients and support remote symptom control. Timely access to POS responses and medical records were identified as key benefits. Some differences in perceptions of mPCL use and utility were seen between clinician groups; however, both expressed strong interest in continuing app use, recommending it to colleagues, and extending use throughout Tanzania. Primary use was for clinical status communication and care coordination. Pain and other symptom progression were the most frequently reported reasons for provider-patient interactions accounting for 34% ( n = 44) and 12% ( n = 15) of reasons, respectively. Usage barriers included time required to create a new clinical record, perceived need for response to non-urgent reminders or alerts, and training. necessary for competent use. System-level implementation barriers included variable patient access to smartphones and SIM cards and unreliable Internet access. Conclusion: This work demonstrates broad clinician desire for digital health tools to support remote community-based PC among cancer patients, particularly pain management. Competing Interests: Two authors (Y.X.H. and K.L.) were involved in the design and development of the mobile/web application described in this paper and employed by the organization (Dimagi, Inc.) whose revenue is derived from the open-source platform on which the mPCL app was built. (The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).) |
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| معلومات مُعتمدة: | R21 TW010190 United States TW FIC NIH HHS |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20221117 Date Completed: 20221121 Latest Revision: 20240612 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240612 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC9668489 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0042-1758223 |
| PMID: | 36384234 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
| تدمد: | 1869-0327 |
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| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0042-1758223 |