Applications and Impact of Computer technologies in management of multimorbidity
| Autor: | Fatima Tuz Zahra, Awais Saeed Abbasi, Shahid Nazir Bhatti, Muhammad Farhan Safdar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Medical education
Forgetting Computers business.industry Computer Applications Multimorbidity General Medicine computer.software_genre Cross-Sectional Studies Ask price Handwriting Health care Humans Medicine Pakistan Time management Twin cities business Delivery of Health Care computer Data integration |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. :1 |
| ISSN: | 0030-9982 |
| DOI: | 10.5455/jpma.37601 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To highlight clinical scenarios and healthcare practitioners' difficulties where computer applications can help in multimorbidity management. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2017 to January 2019 in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan, and comprised local physicians/practitioners. Data was collected using a self-generated questionnaire which was distributed among the subjects. It identified four problems as most commonly faced: treatment/dose management, time management, forgetting to ask necessary questions about disease, and 'others', such as bad handwriting errors and ethical issues. Data was analysed using SPSS 17. RESULTS Of the 53 subjects, 33(62%) marked problems related to treatment management, 35(66%) marked problems related to shortage of time, 34(64%) marked those related to difficulty in asking relevant questions about disease, 15(28%) marked the 'other' option. CONCLUSIONS Computer technologies are significantly helpful in managing the problems of treating multimorbidity by adopting standard database. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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