Informatics, Technology Enabled Care Cymru, Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Gwent, UK
Informatics, Technology Enabled Care Cymru, Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Gwent, UK.
BMJ Open. 2023 May 29;13(5):e069371. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069371.
Digital healthcare in the UK was adopted out of necessity rather than choice during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as we move forward, UK governments and healthcare services have acknowledged its evident benefits for patients, staff and the National Health Service (NHS), and are keen to sustain its improvements in the long term.
To understand the benefits, challenges and sustainability of a future-proof digital healthcare.
A semi-structured interview study was conducted.
In NHS services in Wales, UK.
With clinical and non-clinical staff across a mix of clinical specialties.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted to address benefits, challenges and sustainability of a national video consulting (VC) service, and thematically coded using a quantification method of qualitative work.
A total of 203 interviews were conducted and 3 dominant domains emerged, with 7 themes and 26 categories.
It is important to acknowledge that these findings were captured during a pandemic.
NHS Wales has demonstrated that currently there are an equal measure of benefits and challenges to a national digital healthcare. However, with ongoing government and service support, improvement and evaluation, it has potential for a sustainable digital future, in which the benefits can outweigh the challenges.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，英国出于必要性而非选择采用了数字医疗保健。然而，随着我们的前进，英国政府和医疗服务部门已经认识到它对患者、员工和国民保健制度（NHS）的明显好处，并热衷于长期维持其改进。
了解未来数字医疗保健的好处、挑战和可持续性。
进行了半结构化访谈研究。
在英国威尔士的 NHS 服务中。
具有各种临床专业的临床和非临床工作人员。
进行了半结构化访谈，以解决国家视频咨询（VC）服务的好处、挑战和可持续性问题，并使用定性工作的量化方法进行主题编码。
共进行了 203 次访谈，出现了 3 个主要领域，有 7 个主题和 26 个类别。
重要的是要承认，这些发现是在大流行期间捕获的。
威尔士 NHS 已经证明，目前对于国家数字医疗保健来说，好处和挑战是相等的。然而，随着政府和服务的持续支持、改进和评估，它具有可持续数字未来的潜力，其中好处可以超过挑战。
