Khoja Shariq, Scott Richard E, Casebeer Ann L, Mohsin M, Ishaq A F M, Gilani Salman
Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Telemed J E Health. 2007 Aug;13(4):425-31. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2006.0064.
e-Health Readiness refers to the preparedness of healthcare institutions or communities for the anticipated change brought by programs related to Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This paper presents e-Health Readiness assessment tools developed for healthcare institutions in developing countries. The objectives of the overall study were to develop e-health readiness assessment tools for public and private healthcare institutions in developing countries, and to test these tools in Pakistan. Tools were developed using participatory action research to capture partners' opinions, reviewing existing tools, and developing a conceptual framework based on available literature on the determinants of access to e-health. Separate tools were developed for managers and for healthcare providers to assess e-health readiness within their institutions. The tools for managers and healthcare providers contained 54 and 50 items, respectively. Each tool contained four categories of readiness. The items in each category were distributed into sections, which either represented a determinant of access to e-health, or an important aspect of planning. The conceptual framework, and the validity and reliability testing of these tools are presented in separate papers. e-Health readiness assessment tools for healthcare providers and managers have been developed for healthcare institutions in developing countries.
电子健康准备度是指医疗机构或社区对信息通信技术（ICT）相关项目所带来的预期变革的准备程度。本文介绍了为发展中国家的医疗机构开发的电子健康准备度评估工具。整个研究的目标是为发展中国家的公立和私立医疗机构开发电子健康准备度评估工具，并在巴基斯坦对这些工具进行测试。通过参与式行动研究来开发工具，以收集合作伙伴的意见、审查现有工具，并根据关于电子健康获取决定因素的现有文献制定概念框架。为管理人员和医疗服务提供者分别开发了工具，以评估其所在机构的电子健康准备度。管理人员和医疗服务提供者的工具分别包含54项和50项。每个工具包含四类准备度。每类中的项目分布在不同部分，这些部分要么代表电子健康获取的一个决定因素，要么代表规划的一个重要方面。这些工具的概念框架以及有效性和可靠性测试在单独的论文中呈现。已为发展中国家的医疗机构开发了针对医疗服务提供者和管理人员的电子健康准备度评估工具。
