Information Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2021
Abstract
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that healthcare providers allow patients to engage in their healthcare by allowing access to their health records. Often patients need informal caregivers including family members or others to help them with their care. This paper explores whether trust is a key factor for informal caregivers’ decision to use health information technologies (HIT) including electronic health records (EHR), patient portals, mobile apps, or other devices to care for their patient. Six reviewers conducted a comprehensive search of four literature databases using terms that pertained to a caregiver and trust to investigate the role trust plays when caregivers use HIT. While trust is a key factor for the use of HIT, it the researchers only identified ten articles that met the research question thresholds. Four main topics of trust surfaced including perceived confidentiality, perceived security, technological malfunction, and trustworthiness of the information. Trust is a critical factor for informal caregivers when using HIT to assist in the care of their patient (child, loved one, parent, or acquaintance). Based on the findings, it is clear that more research on the use of HIT by caregivers is needed.
Recommended Citation
Noblin, A., Hewitt, B., Moqbel, M., Sittig, S., Kinnerson, L. and Rulon, V., 2021. Can caregivers trust information technology in the care of their patients? A systematic review. Informatics for Health and Social Care, 46(1), pp.29-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538157.2020.1834399
Publication Title
Informatics for Health and Social Care
DOI
10.1080/17538157.2020.1834399
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Informatics for Health and Social Care on December, 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17538157.2020.1834399.