Hangzhou Normal University Details Findings in Health and Medical Informatics (Status and Influential Factors of Intelligent Healthcare In Nursing Homes In China)

2021 JUN 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Daily China News -- Data detailed on Information Technology - Health and Medical Informatics have been presented. According to news reporting originating in Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “With the support of the Chinese government, nursing homes have increasingly adopted Internet and intelligent information technology to provide daily healthcare services to residents. However, no research has reported the status of intelligent healthcare in nursing homes.”

Financial supporters for this research include National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Department of Education of Zhejiang Province.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Hangzhou Normal University, “From September 2017 to May 2018, we conducted a survey of 197 nursing homes and collected information on their general characteristics, the intelligent healthcare services provided, the effectiveness of the application products used, and the attitudes of the staff and residents toward intelligent healthcare. Overall, 79.69% of the surveyed nursing homes have provided intelligent healthcare services, including medical care services (eg, chronic disease management and intelligent nursing) and daily life services (eg, fall monitoring and wireless positioning). Portable health monitoring devices and data management and service platforms are the most used healthcare products. The attitudes of staff probably affected the development of intelligent healthcare. Financial investment and the attitudes of staff and residents are factors that influence the effectiveness of the application of intelligent healthcare products in nursing homes. With the support of national policies, nursing homes have implemented primary intelligent healthcare.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Stakeholders play pivotal roles in the provision of intelligent healthcare services.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Status and Influential Factors of Intelligent Healthcare In Nursing Homes In China. CIN Computers Informatics Nursing, 2021;39(5):265-272. CIN Computers Informatics Nursing can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Dahui Wang, Hangzhou Normal University, Dept. of Med, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Fanli Meng, Fengbin Song, Mengna Guo, Fujie Wang, Liangwen Xu and Xiaoli Feng.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000685. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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