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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health
  • Patient-Centered Care
  • Health Informatics

Background:

  • Growing demand for personalized medicine information in healthcare.
  • Patients increasingly expect tailored information reflecting individual priorities.
  • Digital health tools offer potential for personalized patient information delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore factors influencing hospitalized patients' use of the MINI-Q app.
  • To understand patient engagement with digital tools for capturing medicine information needs.
  • To identify key elements for successful digital health technology adoption in hospitals.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative exploratory study design.
  • Involved 20 adult patients in a hospital setting.
  • Utilized observation and semi-structured interviews.

Main Results:

  • Identified three key themes influencing app usage: patient confidence, engagement levels, and effective app design.
  • Demonstrated that hospitalised patients can successfully interact with digital health technology.
  • Highlighted the importance of user-centered design principles and adequate patient support.

Conclusions:

  • Appropriate support and user-centered design are crucial for patient engagement with digital health tools.
  • Hospitalised patients are capable of utilizing digital health technology for managing their medicine information.
  • Findings support the integration of digital health solutions to enhance patient-centered care in hospital settings.