Clinicians' Perspectives in Using Patient-Generated Health Data to Improve Ischemic Heart Disease Management.

Patients suffering from ischemic heart disease (IHD) should be monitored closely after being discharged. With recent advances in digital health tools, collecting, using, and sharing patient-generated health data (PGHD) has become more achievable. PGHD can complement the existing clinical data and provide a comprehensive picture of the patient's health status. Despite the potential value of PGHD in healthcare, its implementation currently remains limited due to the clinicians' concern with the reliability and accuracy of the gathered data to support decision-making and concerns regarding the added workload that PGHD might cause to clinical workflow. The main objective of the study was to investigate the clinicians' perspectives towards the use of PGHD for IHD management, focusing on data sharing, interpretation, and efficiency in decision-making. The study consists of semi-structured interviews with seven clinicians. Study results identified four main themes: data generation, data integration, data presentation, data interpretation and utilization in clinical decision-making. ©2022 AMIA - All rights reserved.