The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) team of Dr. Rotem Dvir, Carol Goldsmith, Ian Seavey, and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, director of ISTPP, joined researchers from Texas A&M Department of Industrial and System Engineering led by Dr. Farzan Sasangohar, to publish a paper inInternational Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. In this study, “The Policy Environment of Remote Patient Monitoring: Evaluating Stakeholders’ Views”, they explore the views of stakeholders such as public managers and private agency executives with regard to the integration of advanced technology solutions into the public healthcare market. The team analyze a unique sample of professional stakeholders who play an important role in the administration of technological solutions to improve public healthcare. The authors argue that trust is a critical factor impacting the degree of acceptance and adoption of tools such as remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices for better healthcare outcomes.
They present a framework that places a focus on two forms of trust: trust in the technology solution, as well as trust in the managing institutions. The analysis of the survey data (collected in Texas) demonstrates that while factors like cost and trust in the technology are important, stakeholders must have high trust in the managing agencies and institutions to ensure broader adoption and smoother integration of RPM devices into the healthcare system.
