Table 2 Palliative care provider use of digital health technologies, applications and resources
All respondents (N = 154) | Metropolitan (N = 99) | Regional (N = 49) | Remote (N = 6) | Allied health (N = 36) | Medicine (N = 54) | Nursing (N = 64) | ||||||||
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Service use and technologies used | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Health professionals have access to patients’ advance care planning data in the MyHealth Record system | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 20 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.1 | 6 | 12.2 | 4 | 66.7 | 4 | 11.1 | 8 | 14.8 | 8 | 12.5 |
No | 103 | 66.9 | 68 | 68.7 | 33 | 67.3 | 2 | 33.3 | 22 | 61.1 | 37 | 68.5 | 44 | 68.8 |
Unsure | 31 | 20.1 | 21 | 21.2 | 10 | 20.4 | – | – | 10 | 27.8 | 9 | 16.7 | 12 | 18.8 |
Health professionals can update patient data in the MyHealth Record System | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 8 | 40.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 62.5 |
No | 2 | 10.0 | – | – | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | – | – | 1 | 12.5 |
Unsure | 10 | 50.0 | 6 | 60.0 | 4 | 66.7 | – | – | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | 75.0 | 2 | 25.0 |
Missing | 134 | – | 89 | – | 43 | – | 2 | – | 32 | – | 46 | – | 56 | – |
Digital technologies or applications used | ||||||||||||||
Desktop or laptop computer | 151 | 98.1 | 98 | 99.0 | 47 | 95.9 | 6 | 100.0 | 34 | 94.4 | 54 | 100.0 | 63 | 98.4 |
150 | 97.4 | 95 | 96.0 | 49 | 100.0 | 6 | 100.0 | 35 | 97.2 | 54 | 100.0 | 61 | 95.3 | |
Telephone/Fax (VoIP) | 74 | 48.1 | 41 | 41.4 | 28 | 57.1 | 5 | 83.3 | 22 | 61.1 | 16 | 29.6 | 36 | 56.3 |
SMS text messaging | 98 | 63.6 | 56 | 56.6 | 38 | 77.6 | 4 | 66.7 | 18 | 50.0 | 40 | 74.1 | 40 | 62.5 |
Clinical information system (Patient records/ documentation e.g., PalCare) | 113 | 73.4 | 73 | 73.7 | 36 | 73.5 | 4 | 66.7 | 24 | 66.7 | 43 | 79.6 | 46 | 71.9 |
Teleconferencing | 86 | 55.8 | 45 | 45.5 | 36 | 73.5 | 5 | 83.3 | 17 | 47.2 | 28 | 51.9 | 41 | 64.1 |
Videoconferencing | 71 | 46.1 | 36 | 36.4 | 30 | 61.2 | 5 | 83.3 | 19 | 52.8 | 21 | 38.9 | 31 | 48.4 |
Mobile device (smartphone, tablet, wearable) | 102 | 66.2 | 65 | 65.7 | 34 | 69.4 | 3 | 50.0 | 20 | 55.6 | 43 | 79.6 | 39 | 60.9 |
Social media (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) | 31 | 20.1 | 22 | 22.2 | 9 | 18.4 | – | – | 7 | 19.4 | 11 | 20.4 | 13 | 20.3 |
Blog | 10 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.1 | 3 | 6.1 | – | – | 2 | 5.6 | 4 | 7.6 | 4 | 6.3 |
Remote monitoring | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.9 | – | – |
Website browser | 69 | 44.8 | 47 | 47.5 | 20 | 40.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 14 | 38.9 | 32 | 59.3 | 23 | 35.9 |
Wireless internet (Wi-Fi) | 85 | 55.2 | 50 | 50.5 | 32 | 65.3 | 3 | 50.0 | 15 | 41.7 | 37 | 68.5 | 33 | 51.6 |
Wired internet | 47 | 30.5 | 32 | 32.3 | 14 | 28.6 | 1 | 16.7 | 14 | 38.9 | 17 | 31.5 | 16 | 25.0 |
Health/PC apps | 68 | 44.2 | 41 | 41.4 | 24 | 49.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 6 | 16.7 | 29 | 53.7 | 33 | 51.6 |
DVD player | 17 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.1 | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 4 | 11.1 | 3 | 5.6 | 10 | 15.6 |
Digital audio recording device | 9 | 5.8 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 12.2 | – | – | 1 | 2.8 | 3 | 5.6 | 5 | 7.8 |
Virtual reality device | 3 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 4.1 | – | – | 1 | 2.8 | – | – | 2 | 3.1 |