The Use of Digital Technologies in the Inpatient Setting to Promote Communication During the Early Stage of an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Scoping Review

Alexandra Mudd; Rebecca Feo; Maria Alejandra  Pinero de Plaza; Matthew Tieu; Shila Y Paia; Jenny Cleland; Alice Windle; Stacey George; Mark Q Thompson; Rachel C. Ambagtsheer; Amanda Muller; Anna Hall; Belinda Lange

doi:10.1089/tmj.2021.0615

The Use of Digital Technologies in the Inpatient Setting to Promote Communication During the Early Stage of an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Scoping Review

Alexandra Mudd, Rebecca Feo, Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, Matthew Tieu, Shila Y Paia, Jenny Cleland, Alice Windle, Stacey George, Mark Q Thompson, Rachel C. Ambagtsheer, Amanda Muller, Anna Hall, Belinda Lange

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Abstract

Background:Infectious disease outbreaks disrupt inpatient clinical care and have an impact on staff and patients' ability to communicate with each other and with the wider community. Digital technology may offer opportunities for communication in the inpatient setting during infectious disease outbreaks.

Aim:This scoping review aimed to investigate the use of digital technology in the inpatient setting to promote communication in the early stages of an infectious disease outbreak.

Methods:There were three aspects to this scoping review: (1) a database search of Ovid MEDLINE (MEDLINE), Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library (ACM) and IEEE Xplore (IEEE) exploring peer-reviewed articles, (2) a gray literature search, and (3) a media search.

Results:Results focused on the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-eight peer-reviewed articles were extracted from the database search. There were three main areas of investigation: study characteristics, technology features, and benefits and barriers. Forty-four websites were searched for the gray literature search focusing on policy and guidance. Eighteen media articles were retrieved focusing on patients' use of technology and community involvement.

Conclusion:Results demonstrate the diverse use of digital technology in the inpatient setting to facilitate communication during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the articles provide limited data to allow readers to fully understand and reproduce described actions. Furthermore, there was limited guidance to support clinicians to communicate using digital technology to create trusting therapeutic relationships. Areas for future development include standard reporting process for technology hardware, software, and content; and structured reporting and evaluation of the implementation of technologies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	172-197
Number of pages	26
Journal	Telemedicine and e-Health
Volume	29
Issue number	2
Early online date	27 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0615
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2023

Keywords

Telemedicine
E-health
Digital Health
Inpatient healthcare utilisation
COVID-19
infection prevention and control
Telehealth
Review
technological health solutions
Fundamental Care
telemedicine
hospitalization
technology
COVID
infectious disease
communication

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Mudd, A., Feo, R., Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Tieu, M., Paia, S. Y., Cleland, J., Windle, A., George, S., Thompson, M. Q., Ambagtsheer, R. C., Muller, A., Hall, A., & Lange, B. (2023). The Use of Digital Technologies in the Inpatient Setting to Promote Communication During the Early Stage of an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Scoping Review. Telemedicine and e-Health, 29(2), 172-197. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0615

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