TY - JOUR
T1 - E-Health in palliative care
T2 - review of literature, Google Play and App Store
AU - Pinto, Sara
AU - Caldeira, Sílvia
AU - Martins, José Carlos
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Aim: To analyse the use of e-Health technologies and mobile apps in palliative care (PC). Methods: Search on PubMed, using 'telemedicine', 'ehealth', 'mobile health', 'telecare', 'health information systems' and 'palliative care'. Original Portuguese, Spanish, French and English papers were included. Google Play and App Store (iOS) were searched for mobile apps using 'palliative care', 'medical apps' and 'symptom management'. Results: Twenty-fve papers and forty mobile apps were analysed. Teleconsultation is the principal e-Health technology. Mobile apps focus on communication, drugs, tools/clinical guidelines, hospice, symptom management and PC information. Conclusions: e-Health is an emergent topic in PC. Teleconsultation enhances communication among patients, families and PC teams, reinforces partnership and decreases the burden on families and use of the emergency services. Implications for practice: e-Health technologies are a good strategy in PC but further research based on different methodological approaches is needed to promote evidence-based practice.
AB - Aim: To analyse the use of e-Health technologies and mobile apps in palliative care (PC). Methods: Search on PubMed, using 'telemedicine', 'ehealth', 'mobile health', 'telecare', 'health information systems' and 'palliative care'. Original Portuguese, Spanish, French and English papers were included. Google Play and App Store (iOS) were searched for mobile apps using 'palliative care', 'medical apps' and 'symptom management'. Results: Twenty-fve papers and forty mobile apps were analysed. Teleconsultation is the principal e-Health technology. Mobile apps focus on communication, drugs, tools/clinical guidelines, hospice, symptom management and PC information. Conclusions: e-Health is an emergent topic in PC. Teleconsultation enhances communication among patients, families and PC teams, reinforces partnership and decreases the burden on families and use of the emergency services. Implications for practice: e-Health technologies are a good strategy in PC but further research based on different methodological approaches is needed to promote evidence-based practice.
KW - Comfort
KW - Health information systems
KW - Telemedicine
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U2 - 10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.8.394
DO - 10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.8.394
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28854054
AN - SCOPUS:85030029382
SN - 1357-6321
VL - 23
SP - 394
EP - 401
JO - International Journal of Palliative Nursing
JF - International Journal of Palliative Nursing
IS - 8
ER -