Acceptance of Telemedical Consultations in Nursing Homes: First Insights & Outlook

Julia Offermann-van Heek, Anne Schaar, Jörg Brokmann, Martina Ziefle

2021

Abstract

Rising numbers of older people and people in need of care pose tremendous challenges for care institutions. Due to a lack of medical personnel, residents of nursing homes (geriatric patients) are frequently hospitalized although it is not medically necessary and causes a deterioration of health in many cases. Telemedical consultations in nursing homes represent one approach to relief and support care personnel in emergency and medically uncertain situations aiming at a reduction of unnecessary hospitalizations of geriatric patients. For a successful implementation of these consultations and related innovative processes, the patients’ and as well as other stakeholders’ (caregivers, doctors, relatives) perspectives and acceptance are important. Thus, a systematic investigation and adjustment of the requirements is of immense importance. This paper introduces the Optimal@NRW approach for a cross-sectoral care structure that aims at an avoidance of unnecessary hospital admissions by implementing telemedical infrastructure in nursing homes. A first scenario-based acceptance evaluation of telemedical consultations provides insights into the people’s attitudes and allows to outline an acceptance research agenda as well as next steps within the project.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Offermann-van Heek J., Schaar A., Brokmann J. and Ziefle M. (2021). Acceptance of Telemedical Consultations in Nursing Homes: First Insights & Outlook. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE, ISBN 978-989-758-506-7, pages 36-45. DOI: 10.5220/0010444000360045

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ict4awe21,
author={Julia Offermann-van Heek and Anne Schaar and Jörg Brokmann and Martina Ziefle},
title={Acceptance of Telemedical Consultations in Nursing Homes: First Insights & Outlook},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,},
year={2021},
pages={36-45},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010444000360045},
isbn={978-989-758-506-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,
TI - Acceptance of Telemedical Consultations in Nursing Homes: First Insights & Outlook
SN - 978-989-758-506-7
AU - Offermann-van Heek J.
AU - Schaar A.
AU - Brokmann J.
AU - Ziefle M.
PY - 2021
SP - 36
EP - 45
DO - 10.5220/0010444000360045