Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Avda Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
Anestesiology Service, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain.
J Med Syst. 2017 May;41(5):77. doi: 10.1007/s10916-017-0724-5. Epub 2017 Mar 24.
The increasing relevance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in medical care is indisputable. This evidence makes it necessary to start studies that analyse the scope these new forms of access to information and understanding of medicine have on the professional activity of the physician, on the attitude and on the knowledge of patients or, on the doctor-patient relationship. The purpose of this study is to explore some of these aspects in a group of physicians whose clinical activity is related to one of the greatest social impact health problems which is the treatment of chronic pain. Starting with the completion of a questionnaire, in the study group it is observed that the interaction between social structure, increase of information flows and ICTs generate transformations in social practices and behaviour of the actors of the health system. Internet is confirmed as an information space on the subject, but is shown as an underutilized space of interaction between the doctor and his patient.
信息技术在医疗保健中的相关性日益增强，这是无可争议的。这一证据表明，有必要开展研究，分析这些新形式的信息获取和对医学的理解对医生的专业活动、患者的态度和知识，或者对医患关系的影响。本研究旨在探讨一组与社会影响最大的健康问题之一（慢性疼痛的治疗）相关的临床活动的医生群体的这些方面。通过完成一份问卷，研究小组观察到，社会结构的相互作用、信息流的增加和信息通信技术的发展，导致了社会实践和卫生系统参与者行为的转变。互联网被证实是一个关于该主题的信息空间，但它也显示出是医生和他的病人之间互动利用不足的空间。
