BMC Health Services Research is calling for submissions to a Collection on Digital health and the healthcare workforce.
In the evolving landscape of healthcare, digital technologies such as eHealth, mHealth, and Telehealth are transforming patient care. The swift integration of digital tools brings new challenges, impacts workloads and user experiences, and highlights the need to overcome integration barriers. Balancing the positive and negative effects on health workers' performance and fostering digital health literacy are essential considerations in this new field of health services research. Understanding this relationship between digital health and the healthcare workforce is paramount for effectively navigating rapidly changing health systems and optimizing the integration of digital health tools into existing processes.
This collection invites original qualitative and quantitative research, systematic/scoping review articles, and study protocols that reflect the multifaceted reality of digital healthcare and its impact on the healthcare workforce. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Barriers and facilitators in implementation of digital health interventions
- The adoption and uptake of digital health technologies among healthcare workers
- The impact of digital health on health workforce workload
- Evaluating the performance and efficiency gains resulting from digital tools in healthcare
- User-centered design in digital health: enhancing user experiences for healthcare professionals for a trustworthy, ethical, and humanÂ-centered digital transformation
- Filling workforce shortages: strategies and challenges in integrating digital healthcare solutions
- Models of education and training for health professionals to support the digital health implementation and foster responsible use of digital technologies in care or health services research
- Digital health adoption in resource-limited settings: opportunities and challenges for healthcare workers
- The effect of digital technologies on the provision and quality of care in remote and underserved areas
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