AUTHOR=Meyerheim Marcel , Burns-Gebhart Anna , Mirzaie Kasra , Garani-Papadatos Tina , Braun Yvonne , Graf Norbert 

TITLE=Challenges and Pitfalls for Implementing Digital Health Solutions in Clinical Studies in Europe

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Digital Health

VOLUME=Volume 3 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2021.730680

DOI=10.3389/fdgth.2021.730680

ISSN=2673-253X

ABSTRACT=- The increasing number of digital solutions developed for use in clinical health care settings is accompanied by new challenges to develop and conduct clinical studies that include eHealth technologies.

- Clinical study implementation plans often disregard or underestimate the necessity of additional administrative and logistic tasks required at clinical sites as well as ethical aspects to test digital solutions.

- Experiences made in the run-up of an observational clinical feasibility study at three international clinical sites in the framework of the MyPal project (https://mypal-project.eu/) result in recommendations to avoid delays and barriers in the planning of such prospective studies in clinical and also palliative care for increased efficiency.