Cabo Verde Telemedicine Program: Initial Results of Nationwide Implementation

Latifi, Rifat; Dasho, Erion; Merrell, Ronald C.; Lopes, Miguel de Barros; Azevedo, Vanda; Bekteshi, Flamur; Osmani, Kalterina; Qesteri, Orland; Kuçani, Julian; Lecaj, Ismet

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“…Provider (e.g., clinicians and nurses) participation in the planning and design of the system was a major contributor to successful implementation, partly because it facilitated ownership of the program during the planning stage [59]. Article numbers presented in this table aligns with the studies identified in this review listed in Table 2 Gain leadership and management support and commitment In 31 % (N = 15/48) of studies, leadership or management support and commitment were identified as vital factors for success and sustainability [55,58,76].…”

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“…A little under a third (N = 15/48) of the studies in our review reported that telemedicine champions are essential to securing successful telemedicine participation and uptake. These telemedicine champions played a role in promoting (e.g., awareness and education through example) [37,55] and legitimized telemedicine, as well as building relationships with various stakeholders [58,59,74]. Selecting key staff members who were willing to actively participate in telemedicine programs and fundamentally believe in the concept of telemedicine was found to influence other people as well as support buy-in [59].…”

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A systematic scoping review of change management practices used for telemedicine service implementations

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Gillespie

Martin‐Khan

2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: Telemedicine improves access to health care services enabling remote care diagnosis and treatment of patients at a distance. However, the implementation of telemedicine services often pose challenges stemming from the lack of attention to change management (CM). Health care practitioners and researchers agree that successful telemedicine services require significant organizational and practice change. Despite recognizing the importance of the "people-side" of implementation, research on what constitutes best practice CM strategies for telemedicine implementations remains fragmented, offering little cohesive insight into the specific practices involved in the change process. We conducted a systematic scoping review of the literature to examine what and how CM practices have been applied to telemedicine service implementation, spanning a variety of health care areas and countries. Methods: Three bibliographic databases (CINAHL, PubMed, and ISI Web of Science) and four specialist telehealth journals were searched. To keep the review manageable and relevant to contemporary telemedicine technologies and contexts, the search was limited to articles published from 2008 to 2019. Forty-eight articles were selected for inclusion. Results: From the 48 articles, 16 CM practices were identified relating to either strategic or operational aspects of telemedicine implementations. We identify the key CM practices that are recognized in the broader CM literature as essential for successful and sustained change but are not commonly reported in telemedicine implementation studies. We draw on the CM literature to provide a comprehensive process-based, researched-informed, organizing framework to guide future telemedicine service implementations and research. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the slow rate of adoption of telemedicine may be due to a piecemeal approach to the change process, and a lack of understanding of how to plan, manage and reinforce change when implementing telemedicine services.

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A systematic scoping review of change management practices used for telemedicine service implementations

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Gillespie

Martin‐Khan

2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…3 This model has been successfully utilized to establish telemedicine and e-health education services in other countries both in the Balkans region and in Africa. [4][5][6][7] Currently, the Albanian program is in the last phase or Transfer phase, the final element of the IBOT strategy.…”

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Access to Specialized Care Through Telemedicine in Limited-Resource Country: Initial 1,065 Teleconsultations in Albania

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Telemedicine and e-Health

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“…The emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the health sector brings innovative changes which increased the effectiveness of healthcare services. Those include patients' health monitoring technologies like wearables devices (Ghamari et al 2016), use of robotics, tele-medicine, online consultation, and health management applications (Latifi et al 2014;Khosravi and Ghapanchi 2016 brings positive changes worldwide, while on the other hand, widespread use of technology in everyday life brings detrimental effects on a global scale especially among the youth. Many studies report excessive use of smartphone and video games among youngsters lead to depression, anxiety, poor academic performance, and lack of attention (Craparo 2011;Brunborg et al 2014;Cutino and Nees 2017;Rozgonjuk et al 2018).…”

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Assessing the sustainability of public health in the era of globalization

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In recent times, globalization has emerged as more than purely an economic phenomenon manifesting itself on a global scale. The elements of globalization include international movement of goods and people, financial capital, and information along with technological developments, political dynamics, tourism, and ecological consequences. This study used the Globalization Convergence Index (GCI) as a measure of multi-dimension globalization and linked it with health indicators to analyze if high-ranking countries were doing better in terms of mortality rates. Different statistical tests were performed to measure the impact of the globalization process on mortality indicators of public health. Findings suggest that highly globalized countries have better health measured in the form of low mortality rates. On domain level, technology was found to be the major driving force for reducing mortality rates followed by social-cultural and ecological domains. In globalization debate, the top-ranked countries were usually lauded as "achievers", while low-ranked ones were regarded as "losers". In our opinion, care should be taken while interpreting the observed positive association as simple evidence that globalization is mostly good for our health.

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Cabo Verde Telemedicine Program: Initial Results of Nationwide Implementation

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

A systematic scoping review of change management practices used for telemedicine service implementations

A systematic scoping review of change management practices used for telemedicine service implementations

Access to Specialized Care Through Telemedicine in Limited-Resource Country: Initial 1,065 Teleconsultations in Albania

Assessing the sustainability of public health in the era of globalization

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