Author/Editor		Li, Sisi; Bamidis, Panagiotis D.; Konstantinidis, Stathis Th; Traver, Vicente; Car, Josip; Zary, Nabil
Title		Setting priorities for EU healthcare workforce IT skills competence improvement
Type		članek
Publication year		2017
Volume		str. str.
ISSN		1741-2811 - Health informatics journal
Language		eng
Abstract		A major challenge for healthcare quality improvement is the lack of IT skills and knowledge of healthcare workforce, as well as their ambivalent attitudes toward IT. This article identifies and prioritizes actions needed to improve the IT skills of healthcare workforce across the EU. A total of 46 experts, representing different fields of expertise in healthcare and geolocations, systematically listed and scored actions that would improve IT skills among healthcare workforce. The Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative methodology was used for research priority-setting. The participants evaluated the actions using the following criteria: feasibility, effectiveness, deliverability, and maximum impact on IT skills improvement. The leading priority actions were related to appropriate training, integrating eHealth in curricula, involving healthcare workforce in the eHealth solution development, improving awareness of eHealth, and learning arrangement. As the different professionals% needs are prioritized, healthcare workforce should be actively and continuously included in the development of eHealth solutions.
Keywords		healthcare quality workforce e-health kakovost zdravstvenega varstva delovna sila e-zdravje