RT Journal Article
T1 eHealth and mHealth development in Spain: promise or reality?
A1 Mahou Lago, Jose Maria
A1 Barral, Bran
A1 Fernández González, Ángela
A1 Bouzas Lorenzo, Ramón
A1 Cernadas, Andrés
K1 3212 Salud Publica
K1 3314 Tecnología Médica
K1 1203.20 Sistemas de Control Medico
AB In the last decades, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has progressively spread to society and public administration. Health is one of the areas in which the use of ICTs has more intensively developed through what is now known as eHealth. That area has recently included mHealth. Spanish health system has stood out as one of the benchmarks of this technological revolution. The development of ICTs applied to health, especially since the outbreak of the pandemic caused by SARS Cov-2, has increased the range of health services delivered through smartphones and the development of subsequent specialized apps. Based on the data of a Survey on Use and Attitudes regarding eHealth in Spain, the aim of this research was to conduct a comparative analysis of the different eHealth and mHealth user profiles. The results show that the user profile of eHealth an mHealth services in Spain is not in a majority. Weaknesses are detected both in the knowledge and use of eHealth services among the general population and in the usability or development of their mobile version. Smartphones can be a democratizing vector, as for now, access to eHealth services is only available to wealthy people, widening inequality.
PB International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN 16604601
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/2861
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/2861
LA eng
NO International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24): 13055 (2021)
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad | Ref. CSO2014-53014-R
DS Investigo
RD 13-oct-2024