Table 1 Thematic Analysis of the utility and challlenges with regards to the implementation of a Delirium Clinical Application
Thematic analysis | Qualitative feedback |
|---|---|
Embedding Smartphone Applications into Existing Technological Infrastructure | |
a. Device Compatibility | “I found it difficult to use on my phone. My phone is outdated” |
b. Integration into Existing Device Types | “Some people might be more inclined to go into it if it was already embedded into [the electronic patient record]. It was just a click away, versus trying to bring it up on a completely different device.” |
c. Wifi Accessibility and Data Usage | “Not at lot of people have data, or maybe most of them, but some of them don’t. And then if you use Wi-Fi, some of the connection is not right.” |
Incorporating Smartphone Use into Unit Culture | |
a. Infection Control | "I don’t ever take my phone out near the bedside….I mean I don’t really wanna touch my phone when I’m around the bedside" |
b. Professionalism | “It would seem a bit strange to my patients if I was on my phone” "But the only issue is that I don’t want to pull the phone out, its not a part of the culture." |
c. Embedding Smartphone Use into Practice Culture | "…we don’t really use our phones in practice. It’s not like us to be whipping out your personal phone at the bedside …. So, I don’t know that it’s handier for us to have it on a phone versus…as part of like… within the [hospital internet] under say 'clinical tools”. |
Supporting Education and Practice | |
a. Accessibility of Information Retrieval | ‘We can access iPhones faster than these computers” |
b. Focusing on Patient/Family Education | “There could be something very helpful. Um… like I don’t know… like teaching the family members on how to do different things." |
c. Evidence Based Practice | "…it needs to provide something additional and evidence based and simple and easy to use, like not extraneous information." |
Design of Smartphone Application | |
a. Navigability | “There were a lot of categories. It was hard to navigate at first.” |
b. Strategic Use of Text | “It was a bit wordy, I think there was a lot of text.” |
Interprofessional Components | |
a. An Inclusive Healthcare App | “I think when people hear medical they associate that term with physician and so if it is a healthcare application, it’s inclusive of everybody.” |
b. Content Relevant to All Professions | “Then you just have to make sure that the content kind of translates to all fields as well, and it’s not just something that physicians would find useful.” |