Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol

Introduction The implementation of digital health technologies (DHTs) in hospitals worldwide has been uneven since the COVID-19 pandemic. Ambiguity in defining the landscape of DHTs adds to the complexity of this process. To address these challenges, this scoping review aims to identify the facilita...

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Main Authors: Yew, Sheng Qian, Trivedi, Daksha, Adanan, Nurul Iman Hafizah, Chew, Boon How
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1060862024-07-10T07:35:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106086/ Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol Yew, Sheng Qian Trivedi, Daksha Adanan, Nurul Iman Hafizah Chew, Boon How Introduction The implementation of digital health technologies (DHTs) in hospitals worldwide has been uneven since the COVID-19 pandemic. Ambiguity in defining the landscape of DHTs adds to the complexity of this process. To address these challenges, this scoping review aims to identify the facilitators and barriers of implementing DHTs in hospitals in lower-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) since COVID-19, describe the DHTs that have been adopted in hospital settings in LMIC during this period, and develop a comprehensive classification framework to define the landscape of DHTs implemented in LMIC. Methods and analysis We will conduct a systematic search in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and grey literature. Descriptive statistics will be used to report the characteristics of included studies. The facilitators and barriers to DHTs implementation, gathered from both quantitative and qualitative data, will be synthesised using a parallel-results convergent synthesis design. A thematic analysis, employing an inductive approach, will be conducted to categorise these facilitators and barriers into coherent themes. Additionally, we will identify and categorise all available DHTs based on their equipment types and methods of operation to develop an innovative classification framework. Ethics and dissemination Formal ethical approval is not required, as primary data collection is not involved in this study. The findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and meetings with key stakeholders and partners in the field of digital health. BMJ Publishing Group 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106086/1/e078508.full.pdf Yew, Sheng Qian and Trivedi, Daksha and Adanan, Nurul Iman Hafizah and Chew, Boon How (2024) Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (1). art. no. 78508. ISSN 2044-6055 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1/e078508.long 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078508
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description Introduction The implementation of digital health technologies (DHTs) in hospitals worldwide has been uneven since the COVID-19 pandemic. Ambiguity in defining the landscape of DHTs adds to the complexity of this process. To address these challenges, this scoping review aims to identify the facilitators and barriers of implementing DHTs in hospitals in lower-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) since COVID-19, describe the DHTs that have been adopted in hospital settings in LMIC during this period, and develop a comprehensive classification framework to define the landscape of DHTs implemented in LMIC. Methods and analysis We will conduct a systematic search in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and grey literature. Descriptive statistics will be used to report the characteristics of included studies. The facilitators and barriers to DHTs implementation, gathered from both quantitative and qualitative data, will be synthesised using a parallel-results convergent synthesis design. A thematic analysis, employing an inductive approach, will be conducted to categorise these facilitators and barriers into coherent themes. Additionally, we will identify and categorise all available DHTs based on their equipment types and methods of operation to develop an innovative classification framework. Ethics and dissemination Formal ethical approval is not required, as primary data collection is not involved in this study. The findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and meetings with key stakeholders and partners in the field of digital health.
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author Yew, Sheng Qian
Trivedi, Daksha
Adanan, Nurul Iman Hafizah
Chew, Boon How
spellingShingle Yew, Sheng Qian
Trivedi, Daksha
Adanan, Nurul Iman Hafizah
Chew, Boon How
Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
author_facet Yew, Sheng Qian
Trivedi, Daksha
Adanan, Nurul Iman Hafizah
Chew, Boon How
author_sort Yew, Sheng Qian
title Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
title_short Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
title_full Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
title_fullStr Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
title_full_unstemmed Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
title_sort facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the covid-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
publisher BMJ Publishing Group
publishDate 2024
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106086/1/e078508.full.pdf
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