Author, as appears in the article.: Vaagan, Robert Wallace; Torkkola, Sinikka; Sendra, Anna; Farre, Jordi; Lovari, Alessandro
Department: Estudis de Comunicació
URV's Author/s: Farré Coma, Jorge / SENDRA TOSET, ANNA
Keywords: Systems Social media Patient-centered care Healthcare communication Eu Digitization Covid-19 pandemic
Abstract: This article provides a critical analysis of the digitization of healthcare communication in Italy, Finland, Norway, and Spain. Particularly, we focus on organizational communication and interactions among institutions, providers, and patients. A qualitative content analysis was conducted on data collected between January and May 2019 from (a) documents and policies and (b) interviews in each country with health-related key experts. Results indicate that Finland and Norway are closer than Italy and Spain to the EU discourse concerning the digitization of healthcare communication. Despite what we see as two roads of innovation, all four countries share problems such as the transition toward patient-centered care and the standardization of e-services at different levels. Given that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated these practices since March 2020, this article suggests that European digitization of healthcare is undergoing rapid change that warrants broader analysis.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Medicina ii Media studies and communication Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Información y documentación Filosofía Comunicació i informació Comunicação e informação Communication Ciencias sociales Ciências sociais aplicadas i Ciencias humanas Arquitetura e urbanismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: jordi.farre@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-4465-911X
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: International Journal Of Communication. 15 1718-1740
APA: Vaagan, Robert Wallace; Torkkola, Sinikka; Sendra, Anna; Farre, Jordi; Lovari, Alessandro (2021). A Critical Analysis of the Digitization of Healthcare Communication in the EU: A Comparison of Italy, Finland, Norway, and Spain. International Journal Of Communication, 15(), 1718-1740
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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