Dialogue on digital care developments in general practice. Challenges and chances.

Stijn Van Den Broek, Dorien Zwart

Keywords: digital care, primary process, risks, benefits

Introduction:

In this digital era, healthcare increasingly embraces all kinds of digital solutions. Technically almost anything is possible and digital solutions hold the promise of solving future challenges in healthcare due to increasing demand in an aging population and bureaucratic and medicolegal pressures concurrent with diminishing workforce capacity. These conditions, valid in most European countries, strongly incentivize rapid development and use of an array of digital solutions, often already fully implemented in practice before scientifically underpinned or assessed for safety or unintended effects. At the same time, choices for digital care solutions and actual implementation differ per European country because each specific context poses different needs and potential.

Aim(s):

In this workshop, we aim to reflect on the chances and challenges of digital care solutions in general practice and learn from experiences and lessons among colleagues around Europe.

Programme:

1. Plenary introduction of rationale, definitions, and the workshop program. 15 min;
2. Small group work, part 1: Mapping digital care solutions in the different phases of the primary GP care process. 15 min
3. Intermediate plenary feedback. 5 min; moderated by workshop leaders
4. Small group work , part 2: Discussing chances and challenges of the digital care solutions in terms of GP core values. 15 min
5. Plenary discussion. 20 min
6. Wrap up. 5 min;

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