The Perception of Emergency Medical Staff on the Use of Electronic Patient Clinical Records Systems in Emergency Medical Service: A Systematic Review

Background: The electronic recording of patient information in ambulance services has provided healthcare professionals with the ability to send patient data to their GP or other relevant services electronically. It is critical to comprehend how paramedics view and adjust to electronic platforms as technology continues to advance. Objective: To identify the facilitators and barriers EMS staff encounter when using e-PCR. To explore the overall perception of EMS staff towards the utilization of e-PCR in EMS settings. Method: Four databases were searched including PubMed, Scopus, Medline and Science Direct. Result: All 11 publications were evaluated for qualitative data and the publication was found to be of fair or good quality. Studies investigating the perception of staff found mixed perceptions. The search generated a total of 1365 potential articles. After the initial screening process, 229 duplicate records were removed Out of the remaining 1136 papers, 1079 were excluded as they did not meet the selection criteria (the title, abstract, and keywords. Of the remaining 57 papers, a full-text screening eliminated 46 for: the study design (quantitative studies) (n=22), no perception of staff documented (n=19) and no full text available (n=5). Thus, 11 papers that met the inclusion criteria were selected for final analysis. The risk of bias was quantified using CASP. A qualitative synthesis was conducted and three major themes emerged Facilitators, Barriers and overall perception of staff. Conclusion: This systematic review found that EMS staff hold complex and diverse views on e-PCR systems. While several facilitators and barriers impact e-PCR adoption, it has been found that e-PCR has the potential to enhance documentation, communication, data-driven decision making and finally the ability to improve overall patient care quality. To ensure successful adoption, addressing technical issues, data security and training requirements and organisational barriers is important

Assess Perspective and Knowledge of Healthcare Providers Towards Elehealth in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review

Background and Objective: Telehealth has become a well-known tool for the delivery of health care in Saudi Arabia, and the perspective and knowledge of healthcare providers are influential in the implementation, adoption and advancement of the method. This systematic review was conducted to examine the current literature base regarding telehealth and the related healthcare professional perspective and knowledge in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: This systematic review was conducted by searching 7 databases including, MEDLINE, CINHAL, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, PsycINFO, and ProQuest Central. Studies on healthcare practitioners' telehealth knowledge and perspectives published in English in Saudi Arabia from 2000 to 2023 were included. Boland directed this comprehensive review. The researchers examined each connected study using the AXIS tool, which evaluates cross-sectional systematic reviews. Narrative synthesis was used to summarise and convey the data. Results: Out of 1840 search results, 10 studies were included. Positive outlook and limited knowledge among providers were seen across trials. Healthcare professionals like telehealth for its ability to improve quality, access, and delivery, save time and money, and be successful. Age, gender, occupation, and work experience also affect health workers' knowledge. In Saudi Arabia, healthcare professionals face inadequate expert assistance, patient privacy, internet connection concerns, lack of training courses, lack of telehealth understanding, and high costs while performing telemedicine. Conclusions: Healthcare practitioners' telehealth perceptions and knowledge were examined in this systematic study. Its collection of concerned experts' different personal attitudes and expertise would help enhance telehealth's implementation in Saudi Arabia, develop its healthcare delivery alternative, and eliminate frequent problems

Extending the unified theory of technology acceptance and use of technology to explain teachers’ intentions to sustain online teaching beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

This study establishes whether the acceptance and use of online teaching will continue in the post-COVID-19 landscape. The study proposes a model to explain the continuance intention to adopt online teaching systems from the standpoint of tertiary education teachers. The model combines constructs from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT), which comprises performance expectancy; effort expectancy; social influences; facilitating conditions; and a new construct, satisfaction, from the expectation confirmation model. The data were obtained from 133 faculty members from three tertiary institutions in Botswana, Namibia, and Lesotho. The data were analysed using a multiple regression equation model, which explained 63.9% of the variation in intention with respect to R-square value. Performance expectancy, social influence, and satisfaction had a positive and significant impact on intention, while effort expectancy and facilitating conditions had an insignificant impact on intention to continue using e-teaching. Satisfaction was the most influential variable in explaining intention. Theoretically, this study extends and applies the UTAUT model to explicate tertiary education teachers’ intentions to continue teaching online post-COVID-19. It could be helpful for education policymakers to design proper strategies for online teaching after the pandemi