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norskBlar i forfatter Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet "Bearman, Margaret"
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Data as symptom: Doctors’ responses to patient-provided data in general practice
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-25)People are increasingly able to generate their own health data through new technologies such as wearables and online symptom checkers. However, generating data is one thing, interpreting them another. General practitioners (GPs) are likely to be the first to help with interpretations. Policymakers in the European Union are investing heavily in infrastructures to provide GPs access to patient ... -
Data driven or data informed? How general practitioners use data to evaluate their own and colleagues’ clinical work in clusters
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-29)In contemporary policy discourses, data are presented as key assets for improving health-care quality: policymakers want health care to become ‘data driven’. In this article, we focus on a particular example of this ambition, namely a new Danish national quality development program for general practitioners (GPs) where doctors are placed in so-called ‘clusters’. In these clusters, GPs are obliged ... -
'You should see a doctor', said the robot: Reflections on a digital diagnostic device in a pandemic age
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-18)Aims: In three days at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services developed a digital diagnostic device. The purpose was to assess and triage potential COVID-19 symptoms and to reduce the number of calls to public health-care helplines. The device was used almost 150,000 times in a few weeks and was described by politicians and administrators as a solution and ...
