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The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study
Healthcare, 12 (2024), 14; 1420. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12141420
Gómez-Bravo, Raquel; Ares-Blanco, Sara; Gefaell Larrondo, Ileana; Ramos Del Rio, Lourdes; Adler, Limor; Assenova, Radost; Bakola, Maria; Bayen, Sabine; Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Elena; Busneag, Iliana-Carmen; Ćosić Divjak, Asja; Peña, Maryher; Domeyer, Philippe-Richard; Feldmane, Sabine; Fitzgerald, Louise; Gjorgjievski, Dragan; Gómez-Johansson, Mila; Hanževački, Miroslav; Ilkov, Oksana; Ivanna, Shushman; Jandrić-Kočić, Marijana; Karathanos, Vasilis; Ücüncü, Erva; Kirkovski, Aleksandar; Knežević, Snežana; Korkmaz, Büsra; Kostić, Milena; Krztoń-Królewiecka, Anna; Kozlovska, Liga; Lingner, Heidrun; Murauskienė, Liubovė; Nessler, Katarzyna; Parodi López, Naldy; Perjés, Ábel; Petek, Davorina; Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando; Petriček, Goranka; Sattler, Martin; Seifert, Bohumil; Serafini, Alice; Sentker, Theresa; Ticmane, Gunta; Tiili, Paula; Torzsa, Péter; Valtonen, Kirsi; Vaes, Bert; Vinker, Shlomo; Neves, Ana; Guisado-Clavero, Marina; Astier-Peña, María; Hoffmann, Kathryn More authors...

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Gómez Bravo, R., Ares Blanco, S., Gefaell Larrondo, I., Ramos Del Rio, L., Adler, L., Assenova, R. ... Hoffmann, K. (2024). The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study. Healthcare, 12. (14). doi: 10.3390/healthcare12141420

Gómez Bravo, Raquel, et al. "The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study." Healthcare, vol. 12, no. 14, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12141420

Gómez Bravo, Raquel, Sara Ares Blanco, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Lourdes Ramos Del Rio, Limor Adler, Radost Assenova, Maria Bakola, et al. "The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study." Healthcare 12, no. 14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12141420

Gómez Bravo, R., et al. (2024) 'The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study', Healthcare, 12(14). doi: 10.3390/healthcare12141420

Gómez Bravo R, Ares Blanco S, Gefaell Larrondo I, Ramos Del Rio L, Adler L, Assenova R, and sur.. The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study. Healthcare [Internet]. 2024 July 16 [cited 2025 April 04];12(14). doi: 10.3390/healthcare12141420

R. Gómez Bravo, et al., "The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study", Healthcare, vol. 12, no. 14, July 2024. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:940335. [Accessed: 04 April 2025]

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Title (english)The Use of COVID-19 Mobile Apps in Connecting Patients with Primary Healthcare in 30 Countries: Eurodata Study
AuthorRaquel Gómez-Bravo
AuthorSara Ares-Blanco
AuthorIleana Gefaell Larrondo
AuthorLourdes Ramos Del Rio
AuthorLimor Adler
AuthorRadost Assenova
AuthorMaria Bakola
AuthorSabine Bayen
AuthorElena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya
AuthorIliana-Carmen Busneag
AuthorAsja Ćosić Divjak
AuthorMaryher Peña
AuthorPhilippe-Richard Domeyer
AuthorSabine Feldmane
AuthorLouise Fitzgerald
AuthorDragan Gjorgjievski
AuthorMila Gómez-Johansson
AuthorMiroslav Hanževački
AuthorOksana Ilkov
AuthorShushman Ivanna
AuthorMarijana Jandrić-Kočić
AuthorVasilis Karathanos
AuthorErva Ücüncü
AuthorAleksandar Kirkovski
AuthorSnežana Knežević
AuthorBüsra Korkmaz
AuthorMilena Kostić
AuthorAnna Krztoń-Królewiecka
AuthorLiga Kozlovska
AuthorHeidrun Lingner
AuthorLiubovė Murauskienė
AuthorKatarzyna Nessler
AuthorNaldy Parodi López
AuthorÁbel Perjés
AuthorDavorina Petek
AuthorFerdinando Petrazzuoli
AuthorGoranka Petriček
AuthorMartin Sattler
AuthorBohumil Seifert
AuthorAlice Serafini
AuthorTheresa Sentker
AuthorGunta Ticmane
AuthorPaula Tiili
AuthorPéter Torzsa
AuthorKirsi Valtonen
AuthorBert Vaes
AuthorShlomo Vinker
AuthorAna Neves
AuthorMarina Guisado-Clavero
AuthorMaría Astier-Peña
AuthorKathryn Hoffmann
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
(Department of Family Medicine)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Public Health and Health Care
Family Medicine
Abstract (english)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated changes in European healthcare systems, with a significant proportion of COVID-19 cases being managed on an outpatient basis in primary healthcare (PHC). To alleviate the burden on healthcare facilities, many European countries developed contact-tracing apps and symptom checkers to identify potential cases. As the pandemic evolved, the European Union introduced the Digital COVID-19 Certificate for travel, which relies on vaccination, recent recovery, or negative test results. However, the integration between these apps and PHC has not been thoroughly explored in Europe. Objective: To describe if governmental COVID-19 apps allowed COVID-19 patients to connect with PHC through their apps in Europe and to examine how the Digital COVID-19 Certificate was obtained. Methodology: Design and setting: Retrospective descriptive study in PHC in 30 European countries. An ad hoc, semi-structured questionnaire was developed to collect country-specific data on primary healthcare activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of information technology tools to support medical care from 15 March 2020 to 31 August 2021. Key informants belong to the WONCA Europe network (World Organization of Family Doctors). The data were collected from relevant and reliable official sources, such as governmental websites and guidelines. Main outcome measures: Patient’s first contact with health system, governmental COVID-19 app (name and function), Digital COVID-19 Certification, COVID-19 app connection with PHC. Results: Primary care was the first point of care for suspected COVID-19 patients in 28 countries, and 24 countries developed apps to complement classical medical care. The most frequently developed app was for tracing COVID-19 cases (24 countries), followed by the Digital COVID-19 Certificate app (17 countries). Bulgaria, Italy, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Romania had interoperability between PHC and COVID-19 apps, and Poland and Romania’s apps considered social needs. Conclusions: COVID-19 apps were widely created during the first pandemic year. Contact tracing was the most frequent function found in the registered apps. Connection with PHC was scarcely developed. In future pandemics, connections between health system levels should be guaranteed to develop and implement effective strategies for managing diseases.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleHealthcare
Numberingvol. 12, no. 14, 1420
e-ISSN2227-9032
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12141420
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:105:940335
Publication2024-07-16
Document URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/14/1420
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