In an extensive interview the researcher explains some social dimensions of digital medicine and gives a starting point for further reflections on the rapidly developing new technologies in the field of health. A bigger emphasis is given to mHealth that is on the rise with the increased use of different health and healthy life style apps on smart devices. With different forms of self-quantification people engage in the processes of measuring, analyzing and learning about themselfs through numbers and information obtained from apps. Yet behind seemingly useful ideas, numerous “traps” and interests emerge.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 40228141In the presentation the author focuses on preliminary research results stemming from a broader research context and five in-depth interviews (conducted between November 2016 and January 2017). Some preliminary research results will be presented. Qualitative research highlights the medical professionals’ observations (in Slovenia) on the changes occurring by introduction of e-prescription into the everyday medical practice. The research is a contribution to a critical analysis of the socio-cultural dynamics generated by the uptake of new technologies and the digital in healthcare. It demonstrates that concepts such as "access to health care," "autonomy and empowerment of the patient," "trust", "security", "control" and similar are far from simplified and one-dimensional concepts, as predominantly interpreted by the politics and the industry during the process of justifying the integration of technological innovations in the healthcare. The researcher argues, that much more dynamic relations, continuous negotiations in a multitude of uncertainties social backgrounds, interests of power and complexity of the human experiences can be observed.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 41227053With the developments of eHealth and more recently mHealth, the patients/users are being encouraged to employ different self-tracking, self-monitoring techniques. They are becoming engaged co-designers of their disease prevention, management and health itineraries. What is more, with shared online data, patients/users are active participations in creation of the health care practices. The paper will tackle question like what does it mean to be engaged ethnographic researcher of the digital health care practices? How do on-line voices participate and transform and improve contemporary health care? Is digital participation an ilusion?
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
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