Publications by authors named "Ysabela Calderon"
Facing the digital frontier: exploring user acceptance of electronic health records in an urban, rural and remote setting in the Philippines.
BMJ Open Qual
April 2024
Objectives: A thorough understanding of user needs and behavioural intent-to-use underpins the development of a responsive health information system. This study aimed to examine health workers' intent-to-use an electronic health record (EHR) system in an urban, rural and remote setting in the Philippines.
Methods: Following the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology framework, user acceptance and the factors influencing intent-to-use the EHR were examined through a self-administered questionnaire.
Introduction: Strengthening primary care helps address health inequities that continue to persist in the Philippines. The Philippine Primary Care Studies pilot-tested interventions to improve the primary care system. One intervention was the provision of a free subscription to an electronic decision support application called UpToDate (UTD) for primary care providers (PCPs), including doctors, nurses, midwives and community health workers (CHWs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExperiences from the Philippine grassroots: impact of strengthening primary care systems on health worker satisfaction and intention to stay.
BMC Health Serv Res
February 2023
Article Synopsis
- Inequities in health access and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially in the Philippines, highlight the need for stronger primary care systems, which are currently undervalued and underfunded.
- A study involving healthcare workers across urban, rural, and remote areas of the Philippines examined the effects of system interventions, such as performance incentives and improved technology, on job satisfaction and retention.
- Results showed significant improvements in perceived compensation fairness and medicine access for urban and rural workers, but remote providers reported declines in job motivators and other aspects of job satisfaction despite the interventions.