Physicianpatient relationship in the context of digitalization and electronization of healthcare
Authors:
P. Bejvančická 1,2; I. Brabcová 1; S. Bártlová 1; V. Hellerová 1
Authors‘ workplace:
Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta Ústav ošetřovatelství, porodní asistence a neodkladné péče Ředitelka: prof. PhDr. Valérie Tóthová, Ph. D.
1; Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, Fakulta zdravotnických studií Katedra ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence Vedoucí: PhDr. Mgr. Jiří Frei, Ph. D., MBA
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Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2024; 104(2): 97-102
Category:
Of different specialties
Overview
Digital health is a phenomenon that has started changes in providing of health care and medical practice. The digitalization and democratization of healthcare facilitate this technological and cultural transformation of healthcare. Digital health initiates and enables the development of“e-patients” who have access to information, medical knowledge and their own health data that were not available before the digital era. The topics searched online are diverse and mainly include information about diseases, nutrition, treatment, physical and mental health. In addition to providing medical information, the Internet offers patients sources of social support and assists them in their attempts to understand their illness experiences. The role in the physician–patient relationship is changing, the patient's participation in health care, including patient decision-making, is increasingly emphasized. With the emergence of e-patients, a biopsychosocial-digital approach is required from physicians. Already today and in the near future, physicians will have to perform more complex tasks associated with health information technology, help with the digital orientation of patients and filter information for them. Physicians and policymakers have a huge responsibility in engaging patients as partners in health care design and decision-making or guidance in the use of digital health technologies.
Keywords:
digital health – e-patient – physician–patient relationship – online health information
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adresa pro korespondenci:
PhDr. Petra Bejvančická
Katedra ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence
Fakulta zdravotnických studií ZČU
Husova 11, 301 00 Plzeň
e-mail: pbejvanc@kos.zcu.cz
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