The development of sustainable health promotion programs in the workplace requires a coordinated systematic approach. Costs and resources often cause barriers to implement workplace programs in low-and middle-income countries. The objective of the case series is to evaluate the feasibility of health informatics to evaluate and monitor the physical activity and dietary habits of individuals in the workplace on a small scale as a preparation to implement the health promotion program across a company in Costa Rica.Participants were 25 employees where 17 participants had a body mass index (BMI) of 25.0 km/m 2 or more. This case series assesses and evaluates patient data during an 8-week period using multiple tools of eHealth technologies such as an Electronic Health Record (EHR), a Personal Health Record (PHR), electronic surveys and fitness trackers with compatible mobile applications. Adherence to wearing Fitbit was high and stable with a mean of 97.5% over 30 days (n=16). The participants in the first week walked on average 8,239 steps but, at the end of the fourth week, the average steps decreased to 7,798. The dietary electronic survey was answered satisfactorily by 86.6% of the employees (n=25). The employees scored on average 35 out of 100 on a diet quality scale. The consumption of vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts and seeds is lower than the recommended dietary guidelines of 60. The integration of eHealth technologies can provide a clearer understanding of the employees' health situation to more appropriately allocate efforts to promote behavior change where needed most.
Los pacientes crónicos han visto afectado el seguimiento de su enfermedad debido a la pandemia por COVID-19, luego de más de un año de pandemia, las numerosas restricciones y los riesgos de exposición, han afectado el flujo normal de acceso a servicios de salud generando una carga sustancial para sus familiares, el sistema de salud y principalmente para los pacientes ya que tiene mayor riesgo de morbilidad y mortalidad, y su calidad de vida se ve reducida significativamente1.
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