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Objetivo: Explorar la percepción de utilización de la evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias en el sistema sanitario público de Galicia, obtener valoraciones sobre la utilidad de los diferentes servicios y productos desarrollados por la Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias de Galicia (avalia-t), e identificar barreras y facilitadores a la transferencia de resultados a la práctica clínica. Método: Estudio cualitativo basado en 20 entrevistas en profundidad semiestructuradas realizadas a expertos seleccionados mediante muestreo intencional (diez del ámbito clínico y diez de gestión). Las entrevistas fueron grabadas y se realizó un análisis temático inductivo de la información. Resultados: Se evidenció un alto grado de interés por la evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias, aunque la gran mayoría de los entrevistados aludieron a su infrautilización como herramienta de decisión en la práctica asistencial. Se identificaron una serie de factores clave para garantizar el éxito de la evaluación: el aumento de las actividades de difusión y disponibilidad de los resultados, el fomento de la comunicación e implicación de los profesionales sanitarios en la selección y priorización de temas a evaluar, la contextualización y adaptación de los estudios al contexto, el aumento del respaldo organizativo y el mayor apoyo económico. Conclusiones: El presente estudio permite contrastar con los usuarios finales la valoración/utilidad de los diferentes productos/servicios ofertados por las agencias para poder adecuar la actividad a sus necesidades y expectativas. La colaboración de los profesionales se plantea como uno de los principales ejes de acción para las agencias de evaluación, participación que hay que reforzar en la vertiente del contacto personal, al tiempo que debe fortalecerse la retroalimentación en los procesos de colaboración.Objective: To explore perceptions of the use of health technology assessment (HTA) in the Galician public health system, identify opinions on the usefulness of the products and services developed by the Galician Health Technology Assessment Agency (avalia-t), and determine the barriers and facilitators to the transfer of results to clinical practice. Method: We performed a qualitative study based on in-depth semi-structured interviews of 20 intentionally selected experts (10 health care professionals and 10 hospital decision makers). The interviews were tape recorded and transcribed for inductive thematic analysis. Results: Interest in HTA activities was high, but most informants considered these activities to be underused as a tool to aid decision making in clinical practice. A series of key factors was identified to guarantee HTA use: greater dissemination of HTA activities and availability of the results, increased involvement and communication among health care professionals in the selection and prioritization of relevant research, contextualization and adaptation of results to the local context, increased organizational support and greater financial resources. Conclusions: The present study allows end-users´ opinions on the utility of the various products/services offered by HTA agencies to be contrasted in order to adapt HTA activity to their needs and requirements. The involvement of health care professionals in all HTA fields is perceived as one of the main lines of action for HTA agencies. Such involvement could be achieved by reinforcing personal contact and increasing feedback to collaborators.

Objetivos: Conocer las creencias de los médicos sobre un registro médico electrónico para la atención ambulatoria en diferentes etapas del proceso de implementación del sistema. Métodos: Investigación cualitativa longitudinal basada en entrevistas en profundidad (desde julio de 2001 hasta diciembre de 2003), desarrolladas en el Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Se entrevistó a 20 cardiólogos de atención ambulatoria con perfiles profesionales diversos (muestreo intencional) antes, durante y al finalizar la implementación del sistema (10 entrevistas por etapa). El análisis fue realizado por 2 investigadores independientes y las categorías refinadas conjuntamente. Resultados: Antes y durante la primera etapa de la implementación los médicos esperaban que el sistema mejorara los procesos administrativos de la atención y la disponibilidad de los datos individuales que cada uno había registrado en consultas anteriores, pero no imaginaban que la información colectiva pudiera modificar los aspectos médicos de la atención. Al finalizar la implementación, en cambio, percibieron que el sistema les permitía acceder a una visión integral del paciente que modificaba el desempeño profesional. Durante la implementación, los médicos opusieron el contacto con el paciente a la interacción con el ordenador, oposición que les impide categorizar su uso como parte del acto médico y considerar los datos del sistema como signos directos del paciente. Conclusiones: Con la implementación, los médicos modificaron su perspectiva sobre el registro médico electrónico, llegando a percibirlo como un auxiliar para la práctica médica. El valor que se asigna al sistema depende de su relevancia dentro del marco institucional.Objectives: To explore physicians' beliefs about a computerized ambulatory medical record system at different stages of its implementation. Methods: We performed a longitudinal qualitative in-depth interview study (July 2001 to December 2003) in the Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 20 primary care cardiologists purposively selected before, during and after the system's implementation process (10 interviews per stage). The interviews were independently analyzed by 2 researchers, who jointly designed an agreed category list. Results: Both before and during the first stage of the implementation process, the physicians expected that that the system would improve healthcare-related administration and increase accessibility to individual data. However, they did not foresee that the system's shared information could modify the clinical aspects of patient care. By the end of the implementation process, the physicians realized that the system provided them with a broader perspective on their patients, which in turn improved their own professional performance. Throughout the implementation, the physicians were against using the computer while the patient was present. This opposition prevented them from regarding the system as part of the medical consultation and from considering data from the system as direct patient-related signs. Conclusions: The system's implementation modified the physicians' views on computerized ambulatory medical records, as they eventually considered them as an ancillary tool to clinical activity. The value assigned to the system depends on its relevance within the institutional framework.

Objective: To evaluate the degree of knowledge and attitudes of medical and nursing professionals in two health departments to advance directives, as well as to examine their association with the sociodemographic and occupational variables of the professionals., Methods: A cross-sectional survey on 329 health professionals was carried out through the internet and a standardised procedure. The knowledge and attitudes of the professionals about advance directives were examined using two validated questionnaires of 17 and 12 items, respectively. Sociodemographic and professional data were also collected from the participants., Results: 45% of the professionals were physicians, with X¯=13,1 (SD: 8.3) years of professional experience. Sixty-seven point five percent were women and the mean age was 38.9 (SD: 9.2) years. Professionals had very positive attitudes towards the advance directives document (X¯=75.37;SD: 11.97;R=0-90), although their level of knowledge about them was medium-low (X¯=9.31;SD: 2.73;R=0-18). Both the level of knowledge and self-perception were associated with previous training in palliative care, experience with document management, reading, or the demand for information. Completing the document related to self-perception of knowledge. Attitudes towards the document related to experience in its use and a positive attitude toward training., Conclusions: The professionals showed positive attitudes towards the advance directive document although low knowledge about it. Experience with the document was the only variable associated with both the knowledge and the attitudes of the professionals., (Copyright © 2017 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)