Verhoeven Elisabeth, Rouadi Philip, Jaoude Eliane Abou, Abouzakouk Mohamed, Ansotegui Ignacio, Al-Ahmad Mona, Al-Nesf Maryam Ali, Azar Cecilio, Bahna Sami, Cuervo-Pardo Lyda, Diamant Zuzana, Douagui Habib, Maximiliano Gómez R, Díaz Sandra González, Han Joseph K, Idriss Samar, Irani Carla, Karam Marilyn, Klimek Ludger, Nsouli Talal, Scadding Glenis, Senior Brent, Smith Pete, Yáñez Anahí, Zaitoun Fares, Hellings Peter W
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye & Ear University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
World Allergy Organ J. 2022 Jun 23;15(7):100661. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100661. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Patient care in the allergy and respiratory fields is advancing rapidly, offering the possibility of the inclusion of a variety of digital tools that aim to improve outcomes of care. Impaired access to several health care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic has considerably increased the appetite and need for the inclusion of e-health tools amongst end-users. Consequently, a multitude of different e-health tools have been launched worldwide with various registration and access options, and with a wide range of offered benefits. From the perspective of both patients and healthcare providers (HCPs), as well as from a legal and device-related perspective, several features are important for the acceptance, effectiveness,and long-term use of e-health tools. Patients and physicians have different needs and expectations of how digital tools might be of help in the care pathway. There is a need for standardization by defining quality assurance criteria. Therefore, the Upper Airway Diseases Committee of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) has taken the initiative to define and propose criteria for quality, appeal, and applicability of e-health tools in the allergy and respiratory care fields from a patient, clinician, and academic perspective with the ultimate aim to improve patient health and outcomes of care.
过敏和呼吸领域的患者护理正在迅速发展，这使得纳入各种旨在改善护理结果的数字工具成为可能。在新冠疫情期间，人们难以进入多家医疗保健机构，这大大增加了终端用户对纳入电子健康工具的兴趣和需求。因此，全球推出了众多不同的电子健康工具，它们具有各种注册和访问选项，并提供广泛的益处。从患者和医疗保健提供者（HCPs）的角度，以及从法律和设备相关的角度来看，几个特征对于电子健康工具的接受度、有效性和长期使用都很重要。患者和医生对于数字工具在护理路径中可能提供的帮助有着不同的需求和期望。需要通过定义质量保证标准来实现标准化。因此，世界过敏组织（WAO）上呼吸道疾病委员会已主动从患者、临床医生和学术角度定义并提出电子健康工具在过敏和呼吸护理领域的质量、吸引力和适用性标准，最终目标是改善患者健康和护理结果。
