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000144663 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/healthcare12141420
000144663 0248_ $$2sideral$$a139453
000144663 037__ $$aART-2024-139453
000144663 041__ $$aeng
000144663 100__ $$aGómez-Bravo, Raquel
000144663 245__ $$aThe use of COVID-19 mobile apps in connecting patients with primary healthcare in 30 countries: Eurodata study
000144663 260__ $$c2024
000144663 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000144663 5203_ $$aBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated changes in European healthcare systems, with a significant proportion of COVID-19 cases being managed on an outpatient basis in primary healthcare (PHC). To alleviate the burden on healthcare facilities, many European countries developed contact-tracing apps and symptom checkers to identify potential cases. As the pandemic evolved, the European Union introduced the Digital COVID-19 Certificate for travel, which relies on vaccination, recent recovery, or negative test results. However, the integration between these apps and PHC has not been thoroughly explored in Europe. Objective: To describe if governmental COVID-19 apps allowed COVID-19 patients to connect with PHC through their apps in Europe and to examine how the Digital COVID-19 Certificate was obtained. Methodology: Design and setting: Retrospective descriptive study in PHC in 30 European countries. An ad hoc, semi-structured questionnaire was developed to collect country-specific data on primary healthcare activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of information technology tools to support medical care from 15 March 2020 to 31 August 2021. Key informants belong to the WONCA Europe network (World Organization of Family Doctors). The data were collected from relevant and reliable official sources, such as governmental websites and guidelines. Main outcome measures: Patient’s first contact with health system, governmental COVID-19 app (name and function), Digital COVID-19 Certification, COVID-19 app connection with PHC. Results: Primary care was the first point of care for suspected COVID-19 patients in 28 countries, and 24 countries developed apps to complement classical medical care. The most frequently developed app was for tracing COVID-19 cases (24 countries), followed by the Digital COVID-19 Certificate app (17 countries). Bulgaria, Italy, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Romania had interoperability between PHC and COVID-19 apps, and Poland and Romania’s apps considered social needs. Conclusions: COVID-19 apps were widely created during the first pandemic year. Contact tracing was the most frequent function found in the registered apps. Connection with PHC was scarcely developed. In future pandemics, connections between health system levels should be guaranteed to develop and implement effective strategies for managing diseases.
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000144663 590__ $$a2.7$$b2024
000144663 592__ $$a0.754$$b2024
000144663 591__ $$aHEALTH POLICY & SERVICES$$b35 / 124 = 0.282$$c2024$$dQ2$$eT1
000144663 593__ $$aHealth Informatics$$c2024$$dQ2
000144663 591__ $$aHEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES$$b64 / 185 = 0.346$$c2024$$dQ2$$eT2
000144663 593__ $$aLeadership and Management$$c2024$$dQ2
000144663 593__ $$aHealth Policy$$c2024$$dQ2
000144663 593__ $$aHealth Information Management$$c2024$$dQ2
000144663 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
000144663 700__ $$aAres-Blanco, Sara
000144663 700__ $$aGefaell Larrondo, Ileana
000144663 700__ $$aRamos Del Rio, Lourdes
000144663 700__ $$aAdler, Limor
000144663 700__ $$aAssenova, Radost
000144663 700__ $$aBakola, Maria
000144663 700__ $$aBayen, Sabine
000144663 700__ $$aBrutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Elena
000144663 700__ $$aBusneag, Iliana-Carmen
000144663 700__ $$aDivjak, Asja
000144663 700__ $$aPeña, Maryher
000144663 700__ $$aDomeyer, Philippe-Richard
000144663 700__ $$aFeldmane, Sabine
000144663 700__ $$aFitzgerald, Louise
000144663 700__ $$aGjorgjievski, Dragan
000144663 700__ $$aGómez-Johansson, Mila
000144663 700__ $$aHanževacki, Miroslav
000144663 700__ $$aIlkov, Oksana
000144663 700__ $$aIvanna, Shushman
000144663 700__ $$aJandric-Kocic, Marijana
000144663 700__ $$aKarathanos, Vasilis
000144663 700__ $$aÜcüncü, Erva
000144663 700__ $$aKirkovski, Aleksandar
000144663 700__ $$aKneževic, Snežana
000144663 700__ $$aKorkmaz, Büsra
000144663 700__ $$aKostic, Milena
000144663 700__ $$aKrzton-Królewiecka, Anna
000144663 700__ $$aKozlovska, Liga
000144663 700__ $$aLingner, Heidrun
000144663 700__ $$aMurauskiene, Liubove
000144663 700__ $$aNessler, Katarzyna
000144663 700__ $$aParodi López, Naldy
000144663 700__ $$aPerjés, Ábel
000144663 700__ $$aPetek, Davorina
000144663 700__ $$aPetrazzuoli, Ferdinando
000144663 700__ $$aPetricek, Goranka
000144663 700__ $$aSattler, Martin
000144663 700__ $$aSeifert, Bohumil
000144663 700__ $$aSerafini, Alice
000144663 700__ $$aSentker, Theresa
000144663 700__ $$aTicmane, Gunta
000144663 700__ $$aTiili, Paula
000144663 700__ $$aTorzsa, Péter
000144663 700__ $$aValtonen, Kirsi
000144663 700__ $$aVaes, Bert
000144663 700__ $$aVinker, Shlomo
000144663 700__ $$aNeves, Ana
000144663 700__ $$aGuisado-Clavero, Marina
000144663 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3192-7672$$aAstier-Peña, María
000144663 700__ $$aHoffmann, Kathryn
000144663 773__ $$g12, 14 (2024), 1420[18 pp.]$$pHealthcare (Basel)$$tHealthcare (Switzerland)$$x2227-9032
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