JMIR Human Factors

Although telemedicine grew rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, instruments to assess general practitioners’ (GPs) attitudes and behavioral intentions to use it are scarce. In Sweden, the Physicians’ Attitudes and Intentions to use Telemedicine (PAIT) questionnaire was developed from the “theory of planned behavior” in 2019 and translated into English in 2022.

Living with asthma—especially in its severe forms—can significantly impact daily life, including social activities, work, travel, and household responsibilities. Collaboration between patients and health care professionals (HCPs) is frequently lacking, particularly regarding treatment goals. Self-management has been shown to mitigate the negative effects of asthma. Technical solutions might support self-management for patients with chronic diseases and their collaboration with HCPs.

Many veterans who served in the Gulf experience Gulf War Illness (GWI), a chronic multisymptom condition associated with fatigue, pain, gastrointestinal problems and respiratory issues, mood/cognitive issues, and sleep difficulties. These symptoms contribute to decreased function, increased mental health needs, and poor quality of life. The Veterans Affairs War Related Illness and Injury Study Center in New Jersey developed a 26-week virtual health coaching intervention to support symptom management for veterans with GWI. In 2023, a consumer-grade smartwatch was added as part of an activity monitoring program to complement this program.

Mental health has become a growing concern among university students. According to the Healthy Minds Study National Report 2022‐2023, 46% of students have been diagnosed with a mental health condition by a health professional, reflecting a nearly 50% increase from 2013 to 2021. While researchers have developed various technologies to help this issue, one significant aspect of the mental health management journey is often understudied—the role of mental health medication. Understanding how university students manage their medication for mental health symptoms in real-world practice has not been fully explored.

Digital self-monitoring applications could provide individuals with macular disease with a convenient, quantitative method for tracking metamorphopsia at home; yet the usability of such tools remains to be fully established.

Many patients attending hospital emergency services with recent-onset eye symptoms could have been managed in the community. This may reflect a lack of specialist experience or triage capacity among primary care providers. Online triage tools collect patient symptomatology and relevant ophthalmic and medical history virtually, compile a report, and suggest an outcome decision which can support the streaming and direction of patients to a suitable service within an appropriate timeframe.

Internet hospitals are playing a significant role in medical care with their potential to provide widely accessible outpatient service delivery via information technologies. Current research on patients’ satisfaction with internet hospitals mainly focus on physician-patient relationship and patient demand, and less is considered about the whole process of online consultation.

HIV disproportionately affects men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender individuals, and people who inject drugs, with 70.1% of cases in Pakistan linked to these groups, aggravated by stigma and legal constraints. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions offer the potential to enhance HIV prevention, yet their acceptability remains underexplored.

Asthma-related deaths in the United Kingdom are the highest in Europe, and only 30% of patients access basic care. There is a need for alternative approaches to reaching people with asthma to provide health education, self-management support, and better bridges to care.

Suboptimal design of infusion pumps may lead to usage errors, thereby compromising patient safety. Usability evaluation enables medical device design teams to identify and rectify design-related usability issues in a timely manner. Nevertheless, existing research on infusion pump usability continues to exhibit limitations in aspects such as task design.

Although medication reconciliation is known to reduce the frequency of medication errors, its practical implementation can be challenging in several respects. In our institution, pharmacy students perform medication reconciliations at admission under the supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacy resident.

Providing tailored information is an essential part of health care. However, physicians often lack time for detailed education during the consultation. An additional, tailored digital health information service (DHIS) could help physicians meet their patients’ information needs regardless of time and place and extend physician-patient communication to the digital realm.