Clinical trial NCT06269250: Acceptance and Perceived Benefits of Digitalization by Medical Assistants
Official title: Acceptance and Perceived Benefits of Digitalization by Medical Assistants (ANDI-MFA)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Health Care Providers
Patient Safety
eHealth
Keywords: digital processes
e-prescriptions
health care providers
medical assistants
acceptance
life-long learning
Lead sponsor: Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Mirjam Jansen; medmedia Academy
First posted: 2024-02-21
Enrollment: 1000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Health Care Workers, including medical assistances

Brief summary: The aim of this project is to improve the integration of digital processes, including e-prescriptions, within medical and dental practices for healthcare professionals. Through a better understanding of the obstacles healthcare workers encounter during the adoption of digital processes and their feedback post-implementation, this study will add to the current state of science, contributing to digital process optimization in healthcare.

Detailed description: This study uses an online questionnaire to collect data from respondents regarding their experiences and observations as healthcare professionals in the implementation of digital processes, as well as their perception of digital processes post-implementation. The survey will be conducted at two different time points, in 2023 and 2024. As part of this initiative, we plan to share the feedback and recommendations gathered with the Federal Minister of Health and relevant authorities in collaboration with GEMATIK.

Main research questions are

I. What challenges do healthcare professionals encounter in the implementation of digital processes? II. How can the offers for the implementation and introduction of digital processes (e.g. e-prescription) in medical practice for medical and dental professionals be supported and optimized? III. What changes from the first measurement wave in 2023 to the second in 2024 with regard to the perception of digital offers, experiences, and observations?

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- Ability to participate in surveys (e.g., sufficient German or English language skills)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Younger than 18 years
* Illiteracy
* Massively limited cognitive abilities, i.e., linguistic components of the digital offerings must be able to be used to complete questionnaires or participate in interviews

Primary outcomes:
measure: Adoption and acceptance of information technology (IT)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Requests by patients regarding IT
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Perceived Benefits of IT
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Knowledge and Digital health literacy
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Preferred learning format
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bremen
country: Germany
facility: Germany
Study officials:
affiliation: Constructor University Bremen gGmbH
name: Alina Dahmen, Dr. med.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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