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Setting priorities for EU healthcare workforce IT skills competence improvement

Li, Sisi; Bamidis, Panagiotis; Konstantinidis, Stathis Th; Traver, Vicente; Car, Josip; Zary, Nabil

Authors

Sisi Li

Panagiotis Bamidis

Vicente Traver

Josip Car

Nabil Zary



Abstract

© The Author(s) 2017. A major challenge for healthcare quality improvement is the lack of IT skills and knowledge of healthcare workforce, as well as their ambivalent attitudes toward IT. This article identifies and prioritizes actions needed to improve the IT skills of healthcare workforce across the EU. A total of 46 experts, representing different fields of expertise in healthcare and geolocations, systematically listed and scored actions that would improve IT skills among healthcare workforce. The Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative methodology was used for research priority-setting. The participants evaluated the actions using the following criteria: feasibility, effectiveness, deliverability, and maximum impact on IT skills improvement. The leading priority actions were related to appropriate training, integrating eHealth in curricula, involving healthcare workforce in the eHealth solution development, improving awareness of eHealth, and learning arrangement. As the different professionals’ needs are prioritized, healthcare workforce should be actively and continuously included in the development of eHealth solutions.

Citation

Li, S., Bamidis, P., Konstantinidis, S. T., Traver, V., Car, J., & Zary, N. (2019). Setting priorities for EU healthcare workforce IT skills competence improvement. Health Informatics Journal, 25(1), 174-185. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458217704257

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 12, 2016
Online Publication Date Apr 25, 2017
Publication Date Mar 1, 2019
Deposit Date Feb 13, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Health Informatics Journal
Print ISSN 1460-4582
Electronic ISSN 1741-2811
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 25
Issue 1
Pages 174-185
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458217704257
Keywords Healthcare workforce, Priority setting, IT skills competence, CHNRI
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/857493
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1460458217704257

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