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Identification of Barriers and Facilitators of the Use of Digital Tools in Healthcare in Primary Care Home Settings

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Gerontechnology V (IWoG 2022)

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Abstract

One of the strategies of the health systems is the digitalisation of the actions being carried out.

The ageing of the population is a fact, and it is the elderly who most need to be monitored at home in order to be able to provide them with quality and efficient care.

We conducted a systematic narrative review to identified barriers that prevent or hinder the implementation of digital tools that make the care provided in the environment inefficient.

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Acknowledgments

Agradecer a la Comisión Organizadora del II-CIASERS por la oportunidad de dar a conocer las diferencias en la asistencia y educación de la población en diferentes países.

Agradecer también a la Comisión Científica por dar la posibilidad de contrastar opiniones y actuaciones en el ámbito postpandemia de las actuaciones en educación para la salud.

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  1. Nursing Department, Nursing and Occupational Therapy College, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

    Jeronimo Luengo-Polo

  2. Health and Care Research Group (GISyC), University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

    Jeronimo Luengo-Polo

  3. Servicio Extremeño de Salud, Cáceres, Spain

    Jeronimo Luengo-Polo & Adriana V. Muñoz-Ortega

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  2. University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

    Lara Guedes de Pinho

  3. University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

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Luengo-Polo, J., Muñoz-Ortega, A.V. (2023). Identification of Barriers and Facilitators of the Use of Digital Tools in Healthcare in Primary Care Home Settings. In: Moguel, E., de Pinho, L.G., Fonseca, C. (eds) Gerontechnology V. IWoG 2022. Lecture Notes in Bioengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29067-1_8

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