The Development of Digital Health Care in Vietnam Post Covid-19 Pandemic from Nurses’ Perspective
Su, Ngoc Dan (2023)
2023
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Covid-19 has been a motivation for many low- and middle-income countries like Vietnam to adopt digital health systems to make an improvement in their healthcare system as the advancement of technologies is undoubtedly offering tremendous support to healthcare professionals, boosting efficiency and effectiveness of care. The purpose of the thesis is to describe nurses’ experiences of the digitalization of Health system in Vietnam after the Corona virus pandemic. The aim of the thesis is to get more information regarding the development of national digital healthcare post COVID19 pandemic and Vietnamese nurses experiences with healthcare digitalization.
Based on the relevant literature of Vietnam’s digital health and an empirical study with 3 Vietnamese nurses, the results of this qualitative study have drawn out the answer for digital health landscape of Vietnam post Covid-19 pandemic. Beside enormous benefits they have brought, the findings strongly emphasize on the urgent need for a national integrated system that is expected to help Vietnamese healthcare services to be more efficient and effective. Strengthening digital literacy and improving infrastructure are among the drawbacks. Despite those outstanding constraints, digital health is expected to offer a significant contribution to Vietnam’s health system in the post Covid-19 era.
Based on the relevant literature of Vietnam’s digital health and an empirical study with 3 Vietnamese nurses, the results of this qualitative study have drawn out the answer for digital health landscape of Vietnam post Covid-19 pandemic. Beside enormous benefits they have brought, the findings strongly emphasize on the urgent need for a national integrated system that is expected to help Vietnamese healthcare services to be more efficient and effective. Strengthening digital literacy and improving infrastructure are among the drawbacks. Despite those outstanding constraints, digital health is expected to offer a significant contribution to Vietnam’s health system in the post Covid-19 era.