Is the Internet a useful and relevant source for health and health care information retrieval for German cardiothoracic patients? First results from a prospective survey among 255 Patients at a German cardiothoracic surgical clinic

BACKGROUND: It is not clear how prevalent Internet use among cardiopathic patients in Germany is and what impact it has on the health care utilisation. We measured the extent of Internet use among cardiopathic patients and examined the effects that Internet use has on users' knowledge about their cardiac disease, health care matters and their use of the health care system. METHODS: We conducted a prospective survey among 255 cardiopathic patients at a German university hospital. RESULTS: Forty seven respondents (18 %) used the internet and 8,8 % (n = 23) went online more than 20 hours per month. The most frequent reason for not using the internet was disinterest (52,3 %). Fourteen patients (5,4 %) searched for specific disease-related information and valued the retrieved information on an analogous scale (1 = not relevant, 5 = very relevant) on median with 4,0. Internet use is age and education dependent. Only 36 (14,1 %) respondents found the internet useful, whereas the vast majority would not use it. Electronic scheduling for ambulatory visits or postoperative telemedical monitoring were rather disapproved. CONCLUSION: We conclude that Internet use is infrequent among our study population and the search for relevant health and disease related information is not well established

E-prescribing: The rise of socio-tech-med micronetworks of care during the COVID-19 pandemic

The present paper critically investigates the rise of e-prescribing socio-tech-med micronetworks of health care in Northern Italy and the role of innovative caregivers. Based on semi-structured one-to-one discursive interviews, this study's results show that e-prescribing innovative practices modify four domains: 1) introduce techno-care fluctuating dynamics, 2) modify spaces and time barriers to care, c) build socio-tech-med micro-networked connections, and d) create innovative "technological" carers. The interdigital carer may support distinctive forms of techno-based senior care in Italy, diffuse e-prescribing culture, and transmediate health objects and services. Careful planning and human-tailored decisionmaking are necessary to normalize e-prescribing socio-tech-med practices and avoid digital health inequalities in pandemic and post-pandemic scenarios

Invited Consultant at the World Health Organization

Interdisciplinary consulting seminar addressing the challenges involved in handling the H1N1 emergency , particularly for Electronic Health Data usage for predicting the diffusion of the disease (including ethical considerations)

Web Empowerment For Cultural Heritage Organizations: Towards a Pragmatic Framework

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E-health and Web 2.0 : Opportunities , Limits and Future scenarios?

E-health and Web 2.0 : Opportunities , Limits and Future scenario

Competenti Invisibili. Un’indagine Pilota sulle Professioni Sociologiche della Salute nella Fragilità di Persone e Servizi ai Tempi del COVID-19

Come impatta la pandemia in corso sul ruolo e la vita professionale dei sociologi della salute e sulle trasformazioni del Servizio Sanitario Nazionale? Questo articolo offre alcune risposte presentando i risultati empirici della prima fase qualitativa - asynchronous epistolary interview, secondo Debenham (2001) – in doppio pilot study (maggio - ottobre, 2020) nel contesto di una più ampia ricerca quali-quantitativa longitudinale in corso. Le osservazioni della ricerca esplorativa qui presentata sondano opinioni e percezioni di un campione (n=25) di sociologi che operano in molteplici realtà professionali e regionali. I risultati offrono spunti di riflessione per l’elaborazione di ipotesi di lavoro sul ruolo, gli strumenti, le modalità, e le strategie d’intervento della sociologia accademica e delle professioni sociologiche della salute nella pandemia da coronavirus nell’ottica di una possibile ri-progettazione eco-socio resiliente e umano-centrica del SSN. Due le parti di questo scritto. Il sociologo della salute appare un competente analista della società , ma “invisibile” nel dibattito mediatico e cannibalizzato da altre figure professionali, pur potendo operare come un regista-catalizzatore di processi di innovazione sociale nell’immaginare e riprogrammare il futuro del SSN. Emerge così una “visione” umano-centrica sistemica di resilienza eco-sociale