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Supporting Patients’ Use of Digital Services in Primary Health Care in England: Synthesis of Evidence From a Mixed Methods Study of “Digital Facilitation”

Supporting Patients’ Use of Digital Services in Primary Health Care in England: Synthesis of Evidence From a Mixed Methods Study of “Digital Facilitation”

We conducted four main, interrelated research work packages over the period 2020‐2022: (1) a scoping review of literature [12] to determine the types of digital facilitation relevant to primary care, their effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness; (2) a survey of staff in 156 general practices in 4 regions of England: East of England and North London, North-West, South-West, and West Midlands; (3) a survey of 3051 patients from a sample of general practices in East of England and North London, South-West, and West

Jon Sussex, Helen Atherton, Gary Abel, Christopher Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Brandi Leach, Christine Marriott, Jennifer Newbould, Emma Pitchforth, Rachel Winder, John Campbell

JMIR Hum Factors 2024;11:e52516

Exploring How Patients Are Supported to Use Online Services in Primary Care in England Through “Digital Facilitation”: Survey Study

Exploring How Patients Are Supported to Use Online Services in Primary Care in England Through “Digital Facilitation”: Survey Study

Practices responding to the practice survey were entered into a prize draw for 1 of 10 £250 (US $316) vouchers. A voluntary prize draw for 1 of 10 £25 (US $32) vouchers was offered as an incentive for patients participating in the patients survey. Potential patient survey respondents were informed that consent would be assumed upon return of a questionnaire either by post or online.

Rachel Winder, John L Campbell, Nurunnahar Akter, Abodunrin Q Aminu, Jeffrey Lambert, Emma Cockcroft, Chloe Thomas, Christopher E Clark, Carol Bryce, Jon Sussex, Helen Atherton, Christine Marriott, Gary Abel

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e56528

Investigating Patient Use and Experience of Online Appointment Booking in Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study

Investigating Patient Use and Experience of Online Appointment Booking in Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study

A final set of models (Table 4) showed that, regardless of whether patients had tried online booking, those who were aware of it were more likely than patients who were not aware of it to have a positive overall experience of their general practice, see or speak with their preferred GP, be offered a choice of appointment, or report a positive overall experience of making an appointment.

Helen Atherton, Abi Eccles, Leon Poltawski, Jeremy Dale, John Campbell, Gary Abel

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e51931

Digital Facilitation to Support Patient Access to Web-Based Primary Care Services: Scoping Literature Review

Digital Facilitation to Support Patient Access to Web-Based Primary Care Services: Scoping Literature Review

The use of web-based services has accelerated across primary care in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic as a means of enabling distanced care [6-10]. Within the NHS, services provided by all primary care practices include booking a consultation (via a practice website or through a web platform linked to a practice website), ordering repeat prescriptions, and accessing electronic health records.

Brandi Leach, Sarah Parkinson, Evangelos Gkousis, Gary Abel, Helen Atherton, John Campbell, Christopher Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Christine Marriott, Emma Pitchforth, Jon Sussex

J Med Internet Res 2022;24(7):e33911

Predictors of Postal or Online Response Mode and Associations With Patient Experience and Satisfaction in the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey

Predictors of Postal or Online Response Mode and Associations With Patient Experience and Satisfaction in the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey

The questionnaire could also be completed by phone via a freephone helpline, which also provided a translation and interpreting facility for patients whose first language was not English. Of the 108,269 initially sampled eligible patients, 71,186 completed the questionnaire (response rate=65.75%).

Tra My Pham, Gary A Abel, Mayam Gomez-Cano, Georgios Lyratzopoulos

J Med Internet Res 2019;21(5):e11855