Asteggiano Riccardo, Cowie Martin R, Richter Dimitrios, Christodorescu Ruxandra, Guasti Luigina, Ferrini Marc
School of Medicine, University of Insubria, ASST-settelaghi, Varese, Italy.
LARC (Laboratorio Analisi e Ricerca Clinica), Via San Marino 11 A, Turin 10134, Italy.
Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2021 Apr 7;2(2):342-347. doi: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztab032. eCollection 2021 Jun.
The Council for Cardiology Practice of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with the Digital Health Committee (DHC), undertook an electronic survey with 15 question multiple-choice questionnaire sent to 32 461 members of the ESC with the aim to assess the knowledge and usage of digital health (DH) technologies (DHTs) by office-based cardiologists. Of 559 respondents, 57% graded their knowledge about DH as 'fair' and three quarters identified the correct definition of DH. Clinical information systems, mHealth Apps, and telemedicine were the most frequently used DHTs, but 41% of respondents had concerns about their ethical and data transparency. Lack of legal clarity, low patient motivation, limited DH literacy, and poor access to DH were perceived as the main barriers to the adoption of DH. Seventy percent of the respondents were aware of the DH pages on the ESC website and 76% of the educational sessions in the DH area during the ESC Congress 2019. Only 16% had not read articles on DH. Eight-eight percent of responders declared that they would 'probably' or definitely attend future educational initiatives on DHT.
欧洲心脏病学会（ESC）心脏病学实践委员会与数字健康委员会（DHC）合作，开展了一项电子调查，向32461名ESC成员发送了一份包含15个问题的多项选择题问卷，旨在评估门诊心脏病专家对数字健康（DH）技术（DHTs）的了解和使用情况。在559名受访者中，57%将他们对DH的了解评为“一般”，四分之三的人能正确给出DH的定义。临床信息系统、移动健康应用程序和远程医疗是最常使用的DHTs，但41%的受访者对其伦理和数据透明度表示担忧。法律不明确、患者积极性低、数字健康知识水平有限以及数字健康服务获取困难被视为采用数字健康的主要障碍。70%的受访者知道ESC网站上的数字健康页面，76%的人知道2019年ESC大会期间数字健康领域的教育课程。只有16%的人没有阅读过关于数字健康的文章。88%的受访者表示他们“可能”或肯定会参加未来关于DHT的教育活动。
