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Sinha, R. K., & Shetty, S. R. (2015). Attitude of Ayurveda doctors toward the impact of health information technology. Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, 6(2), 89-94. https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-9476.146559
Sinha, Rajesh Kumar, and Shetty, Soumya R. "Attitude of Ayurveda doctors toward the impact of health information technology." Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine vol. 6,2 (2015): 89-94. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-9476.146559
Sinha RK, Shetty SR. Attitude of Ayurveda doctors toward the impact of health information technology. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2015 Apr-Jun;6(2):89-94. doi: 10.4103/0975-9476.146559. PMID: 26166998; PMCID: PMC4484054.
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J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2015 Apr-Jun;6(2):89-94. doi: 10.4103/0975-9476.146559.

Attitude of Ayurveda doctors toward the impact of health information technology.

Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine

Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Soumya R Shetty

Affiliations

  1. Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Udupi, Karnataka, India.

PMID: 26166998 PMCID: PMC4484054 DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.146559

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Health information technology (HIT) equips healthcare professionals with the required information and tools for making quality decisions in patient care, but it is always advisable to assess their attitude before its actual implementation.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the attitude of Ayurvedic doctors toward the impact of HIT.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 140 doctors of an Ayurvedic center of Southern India. A validated questionnaire consisting of 18 questions based on a 5-point Likert scale was administered to the participants after receiving their due consent.

RESULTS: About 75-80% of the respondents concurred that the HIT application, such as electronic health record, has the potentials to reduce the duplication of documentation work, is easy and has an instant processing and real-time access to patient information. They also felt the need of such application to report the patient data to local and national health institutions. A total of 85% of them mentioned that these applications can make the collection and accessibility of patient data much easier compared with paper-based records, whereas 87.4% of them claimed telemedicine as a platform for multidisciplinary collaborative research and patient care.

CONCLUSION: Even though most of the respondents agreed about the role of HIT in improving the quality of health care, there were many who held no opinion about HIT, including privacy and security of patient data. The need of proper awareness and training program is identified to make them aware about the HIT and its application in patient care, education and research.

Keywords: Attitude; Ayurveda; education; health information technology; patient care; public health; research; telemedicine

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