Heal hca e P o essionals’ Pe cep ions on
Ad ances in Digi al Heal h De ices o
G ow h Ho mone The apy: Clinical Expe
Panel Discussion in he UK and F ance
Oc a io RIVERA ROMEROa,1, Abigail ATTERBURYb, Ind aneel BANERJEEc,
Solenn COCHETd, Ri ika R KAPOORe, , Ve ghese MATHEWg, Ke in PERGEh,
P a ik SHAHi, Sally TOLLERFIELDj, Ma ie-Aga he TROUVINk,
Eka e ina KOLEDOVAm, and Ma hew KEISERn
aUni e sidad de Se illa, Se ille, Spain
bG ea O mond S ee Hospi al o Child en, London, Uni ed Kingdom
cManches e Uni e si y Hospi als Founda ion T us , Manches e , Uni ed Kingdom
dHôpi al Cha les Nicolle, Rouen, F ance
eKing’s College Hospi al NHS Founda ion T us , London, UK
King’s College London, London, UK
gHull and Eas Yo kshi e Hospi als NHS T us , Hull, UK
hHôpi al Femme Mè e En an , Hospices Ci ils de Lyon, Uni e si é Claude Be na d
Lyon 1, Lyon, F ance
iThe Royal London Child en’s Hospi al, Ba s Heal h NHS T us , London, UK
jG ea O mond S ee Hospi al o Child en, London, UK
kBicê e Hospi al, Pa is Sud Uni e si y, K emlin Bicê e, Pa is, F ance
mMe ck Heal hca e KGaA, Da ms ad , Ge many
nEMD Se ono, Inc., Rockland, MA, USA, an a ilia e o Me ck KGaA
ORCiD ID: Oc a io Ri e a Rome o h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0001-7212-9805; Ind aneel
Bane jee h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0003-4280-7470; Ri ika R Kapoo
h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0002-4335-2159; P a ik Shah h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0002-4402-
8297; Eka e ina Koledo a h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0003-2572-9052
Abs ac . Assessing heal hca e p o essionals’ (HCPs’) pe cep ions on he
app op ia eness, ease o use and eliabili y o connec ed digi al heal h echnologies
can help o unde s and accep ance and hei ecommenda ions o pa ien s/ca egi e s
o pe sonaliza ion o g ow h ho mone (GH) he apy. Two s udy cases ep esen ing
di e en e sions o a digi al de ice we e used o acili a e expe panel discussions
in he UK and F ance in ol ing 19 paedia ic HCPs. Panel membe s commen ed
ha he new unc ionali ies embodied use - iendly echnological p og ession. The
e olu ion o he easypod de ice should sus ain clinical decision suppo and enhance
pe sonalized app oaches o ca e and managemen o pa ien s ecei ing GH he apy.
Keywo ds. Digi al heal h, g ow h diso de s, g ow h ho mone, echnology
1 Co esponding Au ho : Oc a io Ri e a-Rome o, PhD, Elec onic Technology Depa men , Uni e sidad
de Se illa, A da. Reina Me cedes, Se ille, 41012, Spain. Telephone: +34 954 55 27 89; E-mail: o i e [email protected].
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1. In oduc ion
Digi al solu ions p o ide good suppo o pa ien s wi h paedia ic g ow h p oblems and
digi al heal h is inc easingly u ilized o suppo clinical ca e [1]. Expe panel discussions
explo ed he opinions and expec a ions o paedia ic HCPs on how echnological
e olu ion in luences hei accep ance and in en ion o ecommend a digi al heal h
solu ion. The objec i e was o iden i y in luen ial ac o s and o gain unde s anding o
ba ie s and acili a o s o digi al de ice accep ance o he adminis a ion o paedia ic
g ow h ho mone (GH) he apy.
2. Me hods
Two expe panel wo kshops we e conduc ed in Pa is and London wi h 19 HCPs who
had expe ience o GH he apy o paedia ic pa ien s wi h g ow h ailu e, and may ha e
had p io expe ience o he easypod connec ecosys em. The me hodology o he
pa icipa o y discussions ha e been la gely epo ed o a simila s udy ca ied ou in
Spain [2]. In each wo kshop, wo s udy cases we e used o acili a e he discussions on
gene al opics and he cu en ly a ailable easypod de ice (EP2) and he new EP3.
3. Resul s, Discussion and Conclusions
Panel membe s conside ed he physical cha ac e is ics o he de ice o be signi ican as
hey could a ec pe cei ed ease o use. I was also ag eed ha de elopmen o new
in e ac ion me hods ha e made use o he EP3 easie and has imp o ed accep ance. The
p o ision o ouch-sc een capabili y and a la ge sc een on he EP3 we e conside ed
majo imp o emen s. Mul iple language op ions and a scheme o colou -blind use s
we e highly alued. Au oma ic ansmission o da a was conside ed he mos signi ican
imp o emen in unc ionali y o he EP3 de ice. Mean sco es among panel membe s o
pe cei ed use ulness, pe cei ed ease o use, pe cei ed ease o lea ning and in en o
use/ ecommend o he EP3 de ice s EP2 we e all ~4.25 ou o max 5 (5 = excellen ).
The expe panel ag eed ha new unc ionali ies in he EP3 easypod de ice
ep esen ed echnological p og ession. The ouch-sc een, be e isualiza ion, and
au oma ic da a ansmission we e conside ed key ea u es. The e olu ion o he easypod
de ice should enhance clinical decision-making and allow a mo e pe sonalized app oach
o he clinical managemen o child en and young people ecei ing GH he apy.
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