Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
College/Unit
School of Nursing
Department/Program/Center
Department of Nursing
Abstract
Used as integrated tools, technology may improve the ability of healthcare providers to improve access and outcomes of care. Little is known about healthcare teams’ preferences in using such technology. This paper reports the findings from focus groups aimed at evaluating a newly developed primary care technology platform. Focus groups were completed in academic, outpatient, and community settings. Focus groups were attended by 37 individuals. The participants included professionals from multiple disciplines. Both prescribing (��=8) and nonprescribing healthcare team members (�� = 21) completed the focus groups and survey. The majority were practicing for more than 20 years (44.8%) in an outpatient clinic (62%) for 20–40 hours per week (37.9%). Providers identified perceived obstacles of patient use as ability, willingness, and time. System obstacles were identified as lack of integration, lack of reimbursement, and cost. The positive attributes of the developed system were capability for virtual visits, readability, connectivity, user-friendliness, ability to capture biophysical measures, enhanced patient access, and incorporation of multiple technologies. Providers suggested increasing capability for biophysical and symptom monitoring for more common chronic conditions. Technology interventions have the potential to improve access and outcomes but will not be successful without the input of users.
Digital Commons Citation
Mallow, Jennifer A.; Theeke, Laurie A.; Theeke, Elliott; and Mallow, Brian K., "Using Multidisciplinary Focus Groups to Inform the Development of mI SMART: A Nurse-Led Technology Intervention for Multiple Chronic Conditions" (2016). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2345.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2345
Source Citation
Mallow, J. A., Theeke, L. A., Theeke, E., & Mallow, B. K. (2016). Using Multidisciplinary Focus Groups to Inform the Development of mI SMART: A Nurse-Led Technology Intervention for Multiple Chronic Conditions. Nursing Research and Practice, 2016, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7416728
Comments
Copyright © 2016 Jennifer A. Mallow et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited