Primary Health Care: Open Access

After Intermediate-Grade Abdominal Surgery, E-Health Provides Personalised Perioperative Care

Al-shadieeyah Al-Zaytoonah^{* *}Correspondence: Al-shadieeyah Al-Zaytoonah, Faculty of Science, University of Jordan, Jordan, Email:

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Introduction

E-health, also written eHealth and referred to as e-health care, is the application of digital technology and telecommunications, such as computers, the Internet, and mobile devices, to enhance health and provide health care services. It's a new word for health-care practises that rely on electronic operations and communication. It can also contain mobile health applications and linkages, commonly known as m-Health or m-health. Patients' ability to care for themselves and the quality of care delivered by healthcare services may both benefit from electronic health (eHealth) interventions [1]. “Health services and information given or enhanced through the Internet and related technologies" are referred to as "e-Health interventions." EHealth tools, then, are internet-based programmes or software that helps patients monitor and manage their health. They may include electronic medical records (EMRs); personal health records (PHRs), mobile apps, patient portals, information repositories, and a variety of other internet-based programmes or software. Introduction Health services given electronically through formal or informal care are referred to as digital health interventions (DHIs). DHIs can range from electronic medical records for doctors to consumer-facing mobile health apps. An intervention programme is a treatment strategy used in the mental health community that can be used in a variety of ways to help people who have become addicted to certain substances or activities. Recovering-focused eHealth therapies are a hot issue, as research demonstrates that recovery after surgery takes significantly longer than expected. It's critical that we figure out how to assist these people in their recovery [2]. In perioperative care, there are two motivations to employ eHealth. The first is to improve the recuperation process by offering extra assistance. Patient-related outcome measures such as satisfaction, pain, and functionality are used to assess this. Another incentive to use eHealth interventions is to replace traditional care with some type of eHealth in order to provide more efficient care. Outcome metrics like as expenses and health-care utilisations are used to assess this. Many studies have been conducted to assess the potential value of eHealth treatments on the postoperative course, using a variety of operation types, interventions, and outcome measures in mind. However, no systematic review of these eHealth interventions has been conducted to compare the effectiveness of these types of mediation to more traditional perioperative care until now [3,4]. For patients who have undergone various types of surgery, eHealth interventions such as educational websites, telemonitoring interventions, telerehabilitation programmes, and teleconsultations are likely to improve clinical patient outcomes when compared to conservative face-to-face perioperative care. However, there is a dearth of high-quality (cost)- effective research included in this analysis, with only a small percentage of studies claiming to have completed a power calculation, monitored compliance, or reported adverse events. In the future, we strongly advise practitioners and policymakers to conduct high-quality cost-effective studies to provide further evidence on whether or not to employ eHealth treatments in perioperative care.

Conclusion

There is a need for an e-health care programme in abdominal surgery, which should primarily focus on providing information about resumption of activities as well as postoperative assistance.

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