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Saigí-Rubió F, Vidal-Alaball J, Torrent-Sellens J, Jiménez-Zarco A, López Segui F, Carrasco Hernandez M, Alzaga Reig X, Bonet Simó JM, Abizanda González M, Piera-Jimenez J, Solans O. Determinants of Catalan public primary care professionals' intention to use digital clinical consultations (eConsulta) in the post-COVID-19 context: optical illusion or permanent transformation? J Med Internet Res 2021; 23:e28944. [PMID: 34097638 PMCID: PMC8386368 DOI: 10.2196/28944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND During lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has become a necessary component of clinical practice for the purpose of providing safer patient care, and it has been used to support the healthcare needs of COVID-19 patients and routine primary care patients alike. However, this change has not been fully consolidated. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyse the determinants of healthcare professionals' intention to use the eConsulta digital clinical consultations tool in the post-COVID-19 context. METHODS A literature review of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) allowed us to construct a theoretical model and establish a set of hypotheses derived from it about the influence that a variety of different factors relating to both healthcare professionals and the institutions where they work had on those professionals' intention to use eConsulta. In order to confirm the proposed model, a mixed qualitative and quantitative methodology was used, and a questionnaire was designed to serve as the data collection instrument. The data were analysed using univariate and bivariate analysis techniques. To confirm the theoretical model, exploratory factor analysis and binary logistic regression were applied. RESULTS The most important variables were those referring to perceived benefits (B=2.408) and the type of use that individuals habitually made of eConsulta (B=0.715). Environmental pressure (B=0.678), experience of technology (B=0.542), gender (B=0.639) and the degree of eConsulta implementation (B=0.266) were other variables influencing the intention to use the tool in the post-COVID-19 context. When replicating the previous analysis by professional group, experience of technology and gender in the physician group, and experience of the tool's use and the centre where a professional works in the nurse group, were found to be of considerable importance. CONCLUSIONS The implementation and use of eConsulta had increased significantly as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the majority of the healthcare professionals were satisfied with its use in practice and planned to incorporate it into their practices in the post-COVID-19 context. Perceived benefits and environmental pressure were determining factors in the attitude towards and intention to use eConsulta. CLINICALTRIAL
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- Francesc Saigí-Rubió
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Faculty of Health Sciences, Barcelona, ES
- Interdisciplinary Research Group on ICTs, Barcelona,, ES
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- Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerencia Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Catala de la Salut, Carrer Pica d'Estats, 36,, Sant Fruitos de Bages, ES
- Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundacio Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l'Atencio Primaria de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Sant Fruitos de Bages, ES
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Vic, ES
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group on ICTs, Barcelona,, ES
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Faculty of Economics and Business, Barcelona, ES
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group on ICTs, Barcelona,, ES
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Faculty of Economics and Business, Barcelona, ES
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- Centre de Recerca en Economia i Salut, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, ES
- Northern Metropolitan Primary Care Directorate, Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, ES
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- Northern Metropolitan Primary Care Directorate, Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, ES
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- Health Department, eHealth Unit, Barcelona, ES
- Pere Virgili Health Park, Primary Care Management Control, Barcelona, ES
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- Digitalization for the Sustainability of the Healthcare System, Sistema de Salut de Catalunya, Barcelona, ES
- Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, ES
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Open Evidence Research Group, Barcelona, ES
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- Health Department, eHealth Unit, Barcelona, ES
- Digitalization for the Sustainability of the Healthcare System, Sistema de Salut de Catalunya, Barcelona, ES
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Solans O, Vidal-Alaball J, Roig Cabo P, Mora N, Coma E, Bonet Simó JM, Hermosilla Pérez E, Saigí-Rubió F, Olmos Domínguez C, Piera-Jiménez J, Abizanda González M, López Seguí F. Characteristics of Citizens and Their Use of Teleconsultations in Primary Care in the Catalan Public Health System Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Descriptive Cross-sectional Study. J Med Internet Res 2021; 23:e28629. [PMID: 33970867 PMCID: PMC8163495 DOI: 10.2196/28629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background eConsulta—that is, asynchronous, two-way teleconsultation in primary care—is one of the most important telemedicine developments in the Catalan public health system, a service that has been heavily boosted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is vital to know the characteristics of its users in order to be able to meet their needs and understand the coverage of this service in a context where there is reduced accessibility to the health system. Objective This study aims to analyze the profile of the citizens who use the eConsulta tool and the reasons for their use, as well as to gain an understanding of the elements that characterize their decision to use it while distinguishing between those who used it before and those who have used it since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A descriptive, observational study based on administrative data was performed. This study differentiates between the COVID-19 pandemic era and the period preceding it, considering the day the state of emergency was declared in Spain (ie, March 12, 2020) as the cut-off point. It also differentiates between eConsulta users who send messages and those who only receive them. Results During the pandemic, the number of unique users of this teleconsultation service had almost tripled, with up to 33.10 visits per 1000 inhabitants per month reported in the first three months. For the two user profiles analyzed, most users since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak were predominantly female, systematically younger, more actively employed, and with less complex pathologies. Furthermore, eConsulta users received more messages proactively from the health professionals. There was also a relative decrease in the number of conversations initiated by higher-income urban users and an increase in conversations initiated by users in rural areas. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to generalize the use of telemedicine as a tool to compensate, to some extent, for the decline in face-to-face visits, especially among younger citizens in Catalonia. Telemedicine has made it possible to maintain contact between citizens and the health care system in the context of maximum complexity.
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- Oscar Solans
- Health Department, Catalan Ministry of Health, Barcelona, Spain.,Digitalization for the Sustainability of the Healthcare System, Sistema de Salut de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.,Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Spain
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- Northern Metropolitan Primary Care Directorate, Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, Spain
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- Primary Care Services Information Systems, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Primary Care Services Information Systems, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Northern Metropolitan Primary Care Directorate, Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, Spain
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- Primary Care Services Information Systems, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain.,Jordi Gol i Gurina Primary Health Care Research Institute Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,Interdisciplinary Research Group on ICTs, Barcelona, Spain
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- Digitalization for the Sustainability of the Healthcare System, Sistema de Salut de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain.,Open Evidence Research Group, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Department, eHealth Unit, Barcelona, Spain.,Pere Virgili Health Park, Primary Care Management Control, Barcelona, Spain
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- Northern Metropolitan Primary Care Directorate, Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, Spain.,Centre de Recerca en Economia i Salut, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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López Seguí F, Walsh S, Solans O, Adroher Mas C, Ferraro G, García-Altés A, García Cuyàs F, Salvador Carulla L, Sagarra Castro M, Vidal-Alaball J. Teleconsultation Between Patients and Health Care Professionals in the Catalan Primary Care Service: Message Annotation Analysis in a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e19149. [PMID: 32687477 PMCID: PMC7530682 DOI: 10.2196/19149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Over the last decade, telemedicine services have been introduced in the public health care systems of several industrialized countries. In Catalonia, the use of eConsulta, an asynchronous teleconsultation service between primary care professionals and citizens in the public health care system, has already reached 1 million cases. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of eConsulta was growing at a monthly rate of 7%, and the growth has been exponential from March 15, 2020 to the present day. Despite its widespread usage, there is little qualitative evidence describing how this tool is used. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to annotate a random sample of teleconsultations from eConsulta, and to evaluate the level of agreement between health care professionals with respect to the annotation. METHODS Twenty general practitioners retrospectively annotated a random sample of 5382 cases managed by eConsulta according to three aspects: the type of interaction according to 6 author-proposed categories, whether the practitioners believed a face-to-face visit was avoided, and whether they believed the patient would have requested a face-to-face visit had eConsulta not been available. A total of 1217 cases were classified three times by three different professionals to assess the degree of consensus among them. RESULTS The general practitioners considered that 79.60% (4284/5382) of the teleconsultations resulted in avoiding a face-to-face visit, and considered that 64.96% (3496/5382) of the time, the patient would have made a face-to-face visit in the absence of a service like eConsulta. The most frequent uses were for management of test results (26.77%, 1433/5354), management of repeat prescriptions (24.30%, 1301/5354), and medical enquiries (14.23%, 762/5354). The degree of agreement among professionals as to the annotations was mixed, with the highest consensus demonstrated for the question "Has the online consultation avoided a face-to-face visit?" (3/3 professionals agreed 67.95% of the time, 827/1217), and the lowest consensus for the type of use of the teleconsultation (3/3 professionals agreed 57.60% of the time, 701/1217). CONCLUSIONS This study shows the ability of eConsulta to reduce the number of face-to-face visits for 55% (79% × 65%) to 79% of cases. In comparison to previous research, these results are slightly more pessimistic, although the rates are still high and in line with administrative data proxies, showing that 84% of patients using teleconsultations do not make an in-person appointment in the following 3 months. With respect to the type of consultation performed, our results are similar to the existing literature, thus providing robust support for eConsulta's usage. The mixed degree of consensus among professionals implies that results derived from artificial intelligence tools such as message classification algorithms should be interpreted in light of these shortcomings.
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- Francesc López Seguí
- TIC Salut Social, Ministry of Health, Barcelona, Spain.,Centre de Recerca en Economía de la Salut, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC), Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Department, Catalan Ministry of Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia, Catalan Ministry of Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Centre d'Atenció Primària Capellades, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.,Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundacio Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atencio Primaria de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
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Pérez Sust P, Solans O, Fajardo JC, Medina Peralta M, Rodenas P, Gabaldà J, Garcia Eroles L, Comella A, Velasco Muñoz C, Sallent Ribes J, Roma Monfa R, Piera-Jimenez J. Turning the Crisis Into an Opportunity: Digital Health Strategies Deployed During the COVID-19 Outbreak. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2020; 6:e19106. [PMID: 32339998 PMCID: PMC7199803 DOI: 10.2196/19106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Digital health technologies offer significant opportunities to reshape current health care systems. From the adoption of electronic medical records to mobile health apps and other disruptive technologies, digital health solutions have promised a better quality of care at a more sustainable cost. However, the widescale adoption of these solutions is lagging behind. The most adverse scenarios often provide an opportunity to develop and test the capacity of digital health technologies to increase the efficiency of health care systems. Catalonia (Northeast Spain) is one of the most advanced regions in terms of digital health adoption across Europe. The region has a long tradition of health information exchange in the public health care sector and is currently implementing an ambitious digital health strategy. In this viewpoint, we discuss the crucial role digital health solutions play during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to support public health policies. We also report on the strategies currently deployed at scale during the outbreak in Catalonia.
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- Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Open Evidence Research Group, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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Baltaxe E, Czypionka T, Kraus M, Reiss M, Askildsen JE, Grenkovic R, Lindén TS, Pitter JG, Rutten-van Molken M, Solans O, Stokes J, Struckmann V, Roca J, Cano I. Digital Health Transformation of Integrated Care in Europe: Overarching Analysis of 17 Integrated Care Programs. J Med Internet Res 2019; 21:e14956. [PMID: 31573914 PMCID: PMC6794072 DOI: 10.2196/14956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Digital health tools comprise a wide range of technologies to support health processes. The potential of these technologies to effectively support health care transformation is widely accepted. However, wide scale implementation is uneven among countries and regions. Identification of common factors facilitating and hampering the implementation process may be useful for future policy recommendations. Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the implementation of digital health tools to support health care and social care services, as well as to facilitate the longitudinal assessment of these services, in 17 selected integrated chronic care (ICC) programs from 8 European countries. Methods A program analysis based on thick descriptions—including document examinations and semistructured interviews with relevant stakeholders—of ICC programs in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom was performed. A total of 233 stakeholders (ie, professionals, providers, patients, carers, and policymakers) were interviewed from November 2014 to September 2016. The overarching analysis focused on the use of digital health tools and program assessment strategies. Results Supporting digital health tools are implemented in all countries, but different levels of maturity were observed among the programs. Only few ICC programs have well-established strategies for a comprehensive longitudinal assessment. There is a strong relationship between maturity of digital health and proper evaluation strategies of integrated care. Conclusions Notwithstanding the heterogeneity of the results across countries, most programs aim to evolve toward a digital transformation of integrated care, including implementation of comprehensive assessment strategies. It is widely accepted that the evolution of digital health tools alongside clear policies toward their adoption will facilitate regional uptake and scale-up of services with embedded digital health tools.
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- Erik Baltaxe
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Agency for Quality and Accreditation in Health Care and Social Welfare, Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Oficina eSalut, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Organisation, Policy, and Economics, Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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Baltaxe E, Cano I, Herranz C, Barberan-Garcia A, Hernandez C, Alonso A, Arguis MJ, Bescos C, Burgos F, Cleries M, Contel JC, de Batlle J, Islam K, Kaye R, Lahr M, Martinez-Palli G, Miralles F, Moharra M, Monterde D, Piera J, Ríos J, Rodriguez N, Ron R, Rutten-van Mölken M, Salas T, Santaeugenia S, Schonenberg H, Solans O, Torres G, Vargiu E, Vela E, Roca J. Evaluation of integrated care services in Catalonia: population-based and service-based real-life deployment protocols. BMC Health Serv Res 2019; 19:370. [PMID: 31185997 PMCID: PMC6560864 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4174-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Comprehensive assessment of integrated care deployment constitutes a major challenge to ensure quality, sustainability and transferability of both healthcare policies and services in the transition toward a coordinated service delivery scenario. To this end, the manuscript articulates four different protocols aiming at assessing large-scale implementation of integrated care, which are being developed within the umbrella of the regional project Nextcare (2016-2019), undertaken to foster innovation in technologically-supported services for chronic multimorbid patients in Catalonia (ES) (7.5 M inhabitants). Whereas one of the assessment protocols is designed to evaluate population-based deployment of care coordination at regional level during the period 2011-2017, the other three are service-based protocols addressing: i) Home hospitalization; ii) Prehabilitation for major surgery; and, iii) Community-based interventions for frail elderly chronic patients. All three services have demonstrated efficacy and potential for health value generation. They reflect different implementation maturity levels. While full coverage of the entire urban health district of Barcelona-Esquerra (520 k inhabitants) is the main aim of home hospitalization, demonstration of sustainability at Hospital Clinic of Barcelona constitutes the core goal of the prehabilitation service. Likewise, full coverage of integrated care services addressed to frail chronic patients is aimed at the city of Badalona (216 k inhabitants). METHODS The population-based analysis, as well as the three service-based protocols, follow observational and experimental study designs using a non-randomized intervention group (integrated care) compared with a control group (usual care) with a propensity score matching method. Evaluation of cost-effectiveness of the interventions using a Quadruple aim approach is a central outcome in all protocols. Moreover, multi-criteria decision analysis is explored as an innovative method for health delivery assessment. The following additional dimensions will also be addressed: i) Determinants of sustainability and scalability of the services; ii) Assessment of the technological support; iii) Enhanced health risk assessment; and, iv) Factors modulating service transferability. DISCUSSION The current study offers a unique opportunity to undertake a comprehensive assessment of integrated care fostering deployment of services at regional level. The study outcomes will contribute refining service workflows, improving health risk assessment and generating recommendations for service selection. TRIALS REGISTRATION NCT03130283 (date released 04/06/2018), NCT03768050 (date released 12/05/2018), NCT03767387 (date released 12/05/2018).
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- Erik Baltaxe
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. .,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,CAPSBE. Consorci d'Atenció Primaria de Salut. Barcelona Esquerra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Royal Philips Netherlands BV acting through Philips Homecare, Boeblingen, Germany
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Area d'Atenció Sanitària, Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Chronic Care Program. Ministry of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Respiratory Department, Institut de Recerca Biomedica (IRBLeida), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Eurecat. Technological Center of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut Català de la Salut, Serveis Centrals, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Badalona Serveis Assistencials (BSA), Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Medical Statistics Core Facility, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.,Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Chronic Care Program. Ministry of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Central Catalonia Chronicity Research Group (C3RG), University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, 08500, Vic, Spain
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- Royal Philips Netherlands BV acting through Philips Homecare, Boeblingen, Germany
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- Chronic Care Program. Ministry of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Respiratory Department, Institut de Recerca Biomedica (IRBLeida), Lleida, Spain
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- Eurecat. Technological Center of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Area d'Atenció Sanitària, Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. .,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
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Vargas C, Burgos F, Cano I, Blanco I, Caminal P, Escarrabill J, Gallego C, Llauger MA, Miralles F, Solans O, Vallverdú M, Velickovski F, Roca J. Protocol for regional implementation of collaborative lung function testing. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med 2016; 26:16024. [PMID: 27251304 PMCID: PMC4890075 DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2016.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Claudia Vargas
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Pere Caminal
- Centre de Recerca en Enginyeria Biomèdica (CREB-UPC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Joan Escarrabill
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain.,Pla Director de les Malalties de l'Aparell Respiratori (PDMAR), Departament de Salut de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,REDISSEC. Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas, Madrid, Spain
| | - Carles Gallego
- Oficina d'Estàndards i Interoperabilitat-Fundació TicSalut, Departament de Salut, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Ma Antonia Llauger
- Institut Català de la Salut (ICS). Generalitat de Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain
| | - Felip Miralles
- Eurecat. Technological Center of Catalonia, Catalunya, Spain
| | - Oscar Solans
- Oficina d'Estàndards i Interoperabilitat-Fundació TicSalut, Departament de Salut, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Montserrat Vallverdú
- Centre de Recerca en Enginyeria Biomèdica (CREB-UPC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Network Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
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