Mobile Phone Use in Psychiatry Residents in the United States: Multisite Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Gipson, Shih Yee-Marie Tan; Torous, John; Boland, Robert; Conrad, Erich J.

doi:10.2196/mhealth.7146

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“…In particular, the electronic calendar/scheduling function should be mentioned here. [28][29][30]35,38,40,41,43,45,46,60,61 Due to their widespread availability and highly developed cameras and screens, mobile devices are often used for clinical photography. [33][34][35]38,40,41,43,46,54,56,57,59,61 Often, there are no suitable alternatives to document procedures, cases, radiological or laboratory results for educational purposes or to have them available at the point-of-care.…”

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Prevalence and patterns of mobile device usage among physicians in clinical practice: A systematic review

Kraushaar

Bohnet-Joschko

2023

Health Informatics J

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Mobile devices and corresponding applications (apps) offer a unique potential for clinical work improvement. Healthcare employees already use them for a variety of clinical purposes. Even though their use might affect patients’ health and data security, they have rarely found their way into organizational knowledge management strategies. We present the current state of research regarding the prevalence, patterns, and trends of smartphone and tablet usage among physicians in clinical practice. Five electronic databases were searched for quantitative studies. The extracted data were systematically analyzed and visualized in boxplots. The results show an increasing prevalence of smartphones and medical apps in clinical practice, especially among junior physicians. Current applications can be subdivided into four categories: Communication and Organization, Documentation and Monitoring, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Support, and Education. Among them, there is a large number of applications with a direct impact on physicians’ clinical actions and therefore on patients’ health and data security. In consequence, healthcare organizations should systematically integrate mobile devices and apps into their knowledge management strategies, including a modern IT infrastructure and training courses. Further studies are necessary to identify organizational and external factors that support an efficient mobile device usage during clinical practice.

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Prevalence and patterns of mobile device usage among physicians in clinical practice: A systematic review

Kraushaar

Bohnet-Joschko

2023

Health Informatics J

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“…In addition to high expectations concerning enhanced efficiency and quality in hospitals, increasing multimorbidity and complex clinical pathways require direct, easy, and quick access to and transmission of care-relevant information, independent of time and location. Mobile devices (especially smartphones and tablets) combined with digital applications (apps) already support physicians in hospitals in several ways, as numerous current mobile health studies show [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ] ( Table A1 ). The rapid development in the field of mobile health indicates that mobile devices will increasingly be integrated into everyday clinical practice and are becoming essential devices.…”

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Smartphone Use and Security Challenges in Hospitals: A Survey among Resident Physicians in Germany

Kraushaar

Bohnet-Joschko

2022

IJERPH

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Although mobile devices support physicians in a variety of ways in everyday clinical practice, the use of (personal) mobile devices poses potential risks for information security, data protection, and patient safety in hospitals. We used a cross-sectional survey-based study design to assess the current state of smartphone use among resident physicians in hospitals and to investigate the relationships between working conditions, current smartphone usage patterns, and security-related behavior. In total, data from 343 participating physicians could be analyzed. A large majority (98.3%) used their smartphones during clinical practice. Of the respondents who used a smartphone during clinical practice, only 4.5% were provided with a smartphone by their employer. Approximately three-quarters of the respondents who used their smartphones for professional communication never/almost never used dedicated GDPR-compliant messenger services. Using a hierarchical regression model, we found a significant effect of the organizational resources Social Support (Supervisor) and Information Security-related Communication on security-related behavior during the selection of medical apps (App Selection). Smartphones are an important part of digital support for physicians in everyday clinical practice. To minimize the risks of use, technical and organizational measures should be taken by the hospital management, resulting, for example, in a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) initiative.

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“…Clinicians also face systemic barriers, such as issues with insurance reimbursement and concerns regarding patient privacy (Gagnon et al, 2016 ). Clinicians need health systems to support a transition toward a new frontier in mental healthcare, one that effectively meets the growing demand by supporting the incorporation of digital mental health interventions (Gipson et al, 2017 ; Hilty et al, 2020 ; Kim et al, 2018 ; Mohr et al, 2021 ).…”

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Incorporating Digital Interventions into Mental Health Clinical Practice: a Pilot Survey of How Use Patterns, Barriers, and Opportunities Shifted for Clinicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Johansen

Olmert

Chaudhary

et al. 2022

J. technol. behav. sci.

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Although many digital mental health interventions are available, clinicians do not routinely use them in clinical practice. In this pilot survey, we review the factors that supported the rapid transition to televisits during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we explore the barriers that continue to prevent clinicians from using other digital mental health interventions, such as mindfulness applications, mood trackers, and digital therapy programs. We conducted a pilot survey of mental health clinicians in different practice environments in the USA. Survey respondents ( n = 51) were primarily psychiatrists working in academic medical centers. Results indicated that systemic factors, including workplace facilitation and insurance reimbursement, were primary reasons motivating clinicians to use televisits to provide remote patient care. The shift to televisits during the pandemic was not accompanied by increased use of other digital mental health interventions in patient care. Nine clinicians reported that they have never used digital interventions with patients. Among the 42 clinicians who did report some experience using digital interventions, the majority reported no change in the use of digital applications since transitioning to televisits. Our preliminary findings lend insight into the perspective of mental health clinicians regarding the factors that supported their transition to televisits, including institutional support and insurance reimbursement, and indicate that this shift to virtual patient care has not been accompanied by increased use of other digital mental health interventions. We contend that the same systemic factors that supported the shift toward virtual visits in the COVID-19 pandemic may be applied to support the incorporation of other digital interventions in mental healthcare. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41347-022-00260-8.

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Mobile Phone Use in Psychiatry Residents in the United States: Multisite Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Cited by 7 publications

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Prevalence and patterns of mobile device usage among physicians in clinical practice: A systematic review

Prevalence and patterns of mobile device usage among physicians in clinical practice: A systematic review

Smartphone Use and Security Challenges in Hospitals: A Survey among Resident Physicians in Germany

Incorporating Digital Interventions into Mental Health Clinical Practice: a Pilot Survey of How Use Patterns, Barriers, and Opportunities Shifted for Clinicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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