"Going under the radar": barriers to continuity in the rehabilitation trajectories of adults with acquired brain injury in North Norway.

Purpose: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is a major cause of disability, but rehabilitation services for adults with ABI discharged home remains deficient. This study explores barriers to continuity in the rehabilitation trajectories of this population in North Norway.

Materials And Methods: Data were generated from focus groups consisting of individuals with ABI and family caregivers ( = 5) and healthcare professionals ( = 14).

Lost in the loop - a qualitative study on patient experiences of care in standardized cancer patient pathways.

Background: The Norwegian health authorities introduced standardized cancer patient pathways (CPPs) in 2015, aiming to reduce practice variations across hospitals and regions, and improve the continuity, coordination and overall quality of the health care service provided to cancer patients. There has been few studies investigating this change, and that have looked into the organisational and economic benefits of standardized pathways, however the element of care and the patient perspective has been especially neglected. This study explored the care element in cancer patient pathways through an in-depth study of patient experiences.

An emotional roller coaster - family members' experiences of being a caregiver throughout a cancer trajectory.

Purpose: To explore family members' experiences of caregiving throughout a cancer trajectory from diagnosis until around one year after chemotherapy and radiation treatment ended.

Method: We conducted a longitudinal qualitative study using in-depth interviews with 13 family members at one to three points of time: before, during, and after treatment. To analyse the interviews, we leaned on Braun and Clark procedure for thematic analysis.

In Limbo: Seven Families' Experiences of Encounter with Cancer Care in Norway.

Introduction: Like many other countries, Norway has seen a shift from inpatient to outpatient cancer care, with pathways aimed at improving the integration and coordination of health services. This study explores the perspectives of seven patients and their family members in light of this change. We focus on one particular phase of the pathway: the first encounter.

Associations Between Immigration-Related User Factors and eHealth Activities for Self-Care: Case of First-Generation Immigrants From Pakistan in the Oslo Area, Norway.

Background: Immigrant populations are often disproportionally affected by chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Use of information and communication technology (ICT) is one promising approach for better self-care of T2DM to mitigate the social health inequalities, if designed for a wider population. However, knowledge is scarce about immigrant populations' diverse electronic health (eHealth) activities for self-care, especially in European countries.

The Impact of Telementoring.

Telementoring is a well-known practice in surgical training, and its impact is traditionally related to individual surgeons' performance and the quality of the procedure. The objective of this study was to explore telementoring in a wider organisational context. This paper reports on an ethnographic study carried out during 2014-2016 in Norway, combining observations, interviews, focus groups and field notes.

Digitized patient-provider interaction: How does it matter? A qualitative meta-synthesis.

Sociological interest in the digitization of health has predominantly been studied using qualitative approaches. Research in this field has grown steadily since the late 1990's but to date, no synthesis has been conducted to integrate this now rather comprehensive corpus of data. In this paper we present a meta-ethnography of 15 papers reporting qualitative studies of digitally mediated patient - professional interactions.

Correction: The Association Between Commonly Investigated User Factors and Various Types of eHealth Use for Self-Care of Type 2 Diabetes: Case of First-Generation Immigrants From Pakistan in the Oslo Area, Norway.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.7009.

Monitoring and Benchmarking eHealth in the Nordic Countries.

The Nordic eHealth Research Network, a subgroup of the Nordic Council of Ministers eHealth group, is working on developing indicators to monitor progress in availability, use and outcome of eHealth applications in the Nordic countries. This paper reports on the consecutive analysis of National eHealth policies in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2016. Furthermore, it discusses the consequences for the development of indicators that can measure changes in the eHealth environment arising from the policies.

The Association Between Commonly Investigated User Factors and Various Types of eHealth Use for Self-Care of Type 2 Diabetes: Case of First-Generation Immigrants From Pakistan in the Oslo Area, Norway.

Background: Sociodemographic and health-related factors are often investigated for their association with the active use of electronic health (eHealth). The importance of such factors has been found to vary, depending on the purpose or means of eHealth and the target user groups. Pakistanis are one of the biggest immigrant groups in the Oslo area, Norway.

eHealth Use Among First-Generation Immigrants From Pakistan in the Oslo Area, Norway, With Focus on Diabetes: Survey Protocol.

Background: A variety of eHealth services are available and commonly used by the general public. eHealth has the potential to engage and empower people with managing their health. The prerequisite is, however, that eHealth services are adapted to the sociocultural heterogeneity of the user base and are available in a language and with contents that fit the users' preference, skills, and abilities.

Adherence and factors affecting satisfaction in long-term telerehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a mixed methods study.

Background: Telemedicine may increase accessibility to pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), thus enhancing long-term exercise maintenance. We aimed to explore COPD patients' adherence and experiences in long-term telerehabilitation to understand factors affecting satisfaction and potential for service improvements.

Methods: A two-year pilot study with 10 patients with COPD was conducted.

Using the Internet to Support Exercise and Diet: A Stratified Norwegian Survey.

Background: Internet is used for a variety of health related purposes. Use differs and has differential effects on health according to socioeconomic status.

Objective: We investigated to what extent the Norwegian population use the Internet to support exercise and diet, what kind of services they use, and whether there are social disparities in use.

Survival of the project: a case study of ICT innovation in health care.

From twenty years of information and communication technology (ICT) projects in the health sector, we have learned one thing: most projects remain projects. The problem of pilotism in e-health and telemedicine is a growing concern, both in medical literature and among policy makers, who now ask for large-scale implementation of ICT in routine health service delivery. In this article, we turn the question of failing projects upside down.

Videoconferencing in acute and non-acute medical work.

In this paper, we explore the use of videoconferences (VCs) in medical practice, and discuss how characteristics of the context affect the use of VCs. Forty-seven VCs were observed and videotaped, and 41 semi-structured interviews were conducted. Our findings suggest the use of VCs for acute collaborative work differs from the non-acute use of VCs.

User interface and patient involvement.

Increased patient involvement is a goal in contemporary health care, and of importance to the development of patient oriented ICT. In this paper we discuss how the design of patient-user interfaces can affect patient involvement. Our discussion is based on 12 semi-structured interviews with patient users of a web-based solution for patient--doctor communication piloted in Norway.

What does an e-mail address add? - Doing health and technology at home.

There is increasing interest in using electronic mail and other electronic health technologies (e-health technologies) in patient follow-ups. This study sheds light on patients' reception of provider-initiated e-health in their everyday environments. In a research project carried out in Norway (2005-2007), an electronic address for a hospital dermatology ward was offered to 50 patient families for improved access to expert advice from the patients' homes.

Relations between Internet use, socio-economic status (SES), social support and subjective health.

This study aimed to explore relations between Internet use, socio-economic status (SES), social support and subjective health. Participants were from representative samples between 15 and 80 years of age from seven different European countries. Two different survey datasets were used: (i) eHealth trends (eHT; N = 7934) and (ii) the European social survey (ESS2; N = 11248).

European citizens' use of E-health services: a study of seven countries.

Background: European citizens are increasingly being offered Internet health services. This study investigated patterns of health-related Internet use, its consequences, and citizens' expectations about their doctors' provision of e-health services.

Methods: Representative samples were obtained from the general populations in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, Portugal and Latvia.

[Health-related use of the Internet in the Norwegian population].

Background: The use of the Internet for health purposes increases in the Norwegian population, more in some demographic groups than in others. In this questionnaire-based study, we explore the use of the Internet for such purposes.

Material And Method: 1007 Norwegians aged 15 years and older were interviewed by telephone in October 2005.

Patients who use e-mediated communication with their doctor: new constructions of trust in the patient-doctor relationship.

The introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) into the patient-doctor relationship represents a significant change in modern health care. Communication via computers-e-mediated communication-is affecting the context of patient-doctor interaction, touching core elements of the relationship. Based on data from a qualitative study conducted among Norwegian patients who had used ICT to communicate with their doctors, the authors argue that patients' use of ICT and the element of trust in the patient-doctor relationship influence each other.