Table 2.
Themes and subthemes of the “impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on eHealth use” domain.
| Themes and subthemes | Quotes from the interviews | ||
| Changes and shifts in service | |||
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There is greater eHealth uptake. | “COVID created an extra training for us, especially for older GPa generations who were against the digitalization but came to understand the benefits of eHealth.” [GP2] | |
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GPs reduce strain with eHealth. | “Teleconsultation is not a pleasant thing, but it was an important tool in the intensity of the pandemic.” [GP3] | |
| Teleconsultations | |||
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GPs provide triage for suspicious infections. | “We did triage for COVID infection via teleconsultations.” [GP5] | |
| Workload | |||
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GPs’ workload increased and sped up the process of digitalization. | “COVID sped up and also increased our work via digitalization. It also changed our way of working.” [GP6] | |
| Digital administrator | |||
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GPs provide e-certificates, e-receipts, and reimbursement papers. | “COVID has changed the way we work and boosted digital solutions.” [GP10] | |
| Extra investment in IT solutions | |||
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New investments increase in eHealth, mHealthb, and video consults. | “We adopted an application on the mobile phone so that we could also work from home.“ [GP7] | |
aGP: general practitioner.
bmHealth: mobile health.