@article{Meyerheim2021-qw,
title = {Challenges and Pitfalls for Implementing Digital Health Solutions
in Clinical Studies in Europe},
author = {Marcel Meyerheim and Anna Burns-Gebhart and Kasra Mirzaie and Tina Garani-Papadatos and Yvonne Braun and Norbert Graf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-09-01},
journal = {Front Digit Health},
volume = {3},
pages = {730680},
abstract = {The increasing number of digital solutions developed for use in
clinical health care settings is accompanied by new challenges to
develop and conduct clinical studies that include eHealth
technologies. Clinical study implementation plans often disregard
or underestimate the necessity of additional administrative and
logistic tasks required at clinical sites as well as ethical
aspects to test digital solutions. Experiences made in the run-up
of an observational clinical feasibility study at three
international clinical sites in the framework of the MyPal
project (https://mypal-project.eu/) result in recommendations to
avoid delays and barriers in the planning of such prospective
studies in clinical and also palliative care for increased
efficiency.},
keywords = {digital health; digital health platform; digital technology; e-health; health care},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The increasing number of digital solutions developed for use in
clinical health care settings is accompanied by new challenges to
develop and conduct clinical studies that include eHealth
technologies. Clinical study implementation plans often disregard
or underestimate the necessity of additional administrative and
logistic tasks required at clinical sites as well as ethical
aspects to test digital solutions. Experiences made in the run-up
of an observational clinical feasibility study at three
international clinical sites in the framework of the MyPal
project (https://mypal-project.eu/) result in recommendations to
avoid delays and barriers in the planning of such prospective
studies in clinical and also palliative care for increased
efficiency.