- Title
- Clever health: A study on the adoption and impact of an ehealth initiative in rural Australia
- Creator
- Braun, Patrice
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/63590
- Identifier
- vital:5854
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch004
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781466639904
- Abstract
- This chapter reports on the evaluation of Clever Health, an Australian e-health project. The evaluation took place from mid-2007 through 2010 and consisted of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to capture awareness, expectations, and use of Clever Health components-which included video-conferencing for patient care, professional development, and peer support-and to compare initial perceptions and expectations to perceived changes in awareness and uptake of Clever Health components. The study found that while use of components increased at a satisfactory pace, health services and professionals struggled with change management issues, which, in turn, impacted changing work practices. Findings suggest that it is imperative to address and integrate the human factors of e-health delivery in the rollout of future e-health programs. The study proposes a robust evaluation framework for future telemedicine projects that uses a patient-centred unit of analysis and examines the costs and benefits that accrue for different stakeholders.
- Publisher
- Hershey IGI Global
- Relation
- Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care p. 69-87
- Rights
- © 2013, IGI Global.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
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