Health Information Technology and Doctor Shopping: A Systematic Review

The Digital Gap in Patients' Use of Health Information Technology and Effective Factors and Strategies; a Systematic Review

Introduction: The digital divide means economic and social inequality for access to and use of ICT. Information and communication technology, despite the spatial and temporal barriers, can provide a valuable opportunity for patients to access health information. The aim of this study was to identify factors affecting the digital divide in patients and ways to reduce it. Materials and Methods: ...

Spanish-Language Consumer Health Information Technology Interventions: A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND As consumer health information technology (IT) becomes more thoroughly integrated into patient care, it is critical that these tools are appropriate for the diverse patient populations whom they are intended to serve. Cultural differences associated with ethnicity are one aspect of diversity that may play a role in user-technology interactions. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to evaluate the...

Defining evaluation criteria for Health Information Systems using Human, organization and technology-fit factors (HOT-fit): systematic review

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to conduct a review of a series of published studies on evaluation of health information systems in order to determine the criteria of evaluation of hospital information systems using HOT-fit framework Information sources or data: The present study is a review study to evaluate articles of English databases PubMed, scupos and Persian databases Irandoc...

Doctor shopping.

According to a review by Campbell and Roland,1 a patient’s decision to consult a doctor is dependent on a multitude of physical, psychological and social reasons, with or without prior self-care. The patient’s journey of seeking medical care is influenced by socio-economic and demographic status, perception of susceptibility and severity, benefits/costs of seeking the interaction, as well as th...

Review of Challenges and Opportunities Health Information Technology-based Art Therapy in Education and Treatment