Gillian Janes
Current nursing and midwifery contribution to leading digital health policy and practice: An integrative review
Janes, Gillian; Chesterton, Lorna; Heaslip, Vanessa; Reid, Joanne; Lüdemann, Bente; Gentil, João; Oxholm, Rolf-André; Clayton, Hamilton; Phillips, Natasha; Shannon, Michael
Authors
Lorna Chesterton
Prof Vanessa Heaslip V.A.Heaslip@salford.ac.uk
Professor
Joanne Reid
Bente Lüdemann
João Gentil
Rolf-André Oxholm
Hamilton Clayton
Natasha Phillips
Michael Shannon
Abstract
Aim: To review the current nursing and midwifery contribution to leading digital health (DH) policy and practice and what facilitates and/or challenges this. Design: Integrative literature review. Methods: Pre-defined inclusion criteria were used. Study selection and quality assessment using the appropriate critical appraisal tools were undertaken by two authors , followed by narrative synthesis. Data Sources: Six databases and hand searching for papers published from 2012 to February 2024. Findings: Four themes were identified from 24 included papers. These are discussed according to the World Health Organization's Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery and indicate nurses/midwives are leading DH policy and practice, but this is not widespread or systematically enabled. Conclusion: Nurses and midwives are ideally placed to help improve health outcomes through digital healthcare transformation, but their policy leadership potential is underused. Implications for the profession and/or patient care: Nurses/midwives' DH leadership must be optimized to realize maximum benefit from digital transformation. A robust infrastructure enabling nursing/midwifery DH policy leadership is urgently needed. Impact: This study addresses the lack of nursing/midwifery voice in international DH policy leadership. It offers nurses/midwives and health policymakers internationally opportunity to: drive better understanding of nursing/midwifery leadership in a DH policy context; enhance population outcomes by optimizing their contribution; Develop a robust infrastructure to enable this.
Journal Article Type | Review |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 6, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 1, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Jul 1, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 3, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Advanced Nursing |
Print ISSN | 0309-2402 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2648 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 1-24 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16265 |
Keywords | digital health, health policy, health workforce, leadership, nurses, midwives, integrative review |
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