Roles and Responsibilities of the Global Specialist Digital Health Workforce: Analysis of Global Census Data.

IF 3.2 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Kathleen Gray, Salma Arabi
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Abstract

Background: The Global Specialist Digital Health Workforce Census is the largest workforce survey of the specialist roles that support the development, use, management, and governance of health data, health information, health knowledge, and health technology.

Objective: This paper aims to present an analysis of the roles and functions reported by respondents in the 2023 census.

Methods: The 2023 census was deployed using Qualtrics and was open from July 1 to August 13, 2023. A broad definition was provided to guide respondents about who is in the specialist digital health workforce. Anyone who self-identifies as being part of this workforce could undertake the survey. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis and thematic analysis of the functions respondents reported in their roles.

Results: A total of 1103 respondents completed the census, with data reported about their demographic information and their roles. The majority of respondents lived in Australia (n=870, 78.9%) or New Zealand (n=130, 11.8%), with most (n=620, 56.3%) aged 35-54 years and identifying as female (n=720, 65.3%). The top four occupational specialties were health informatics (n=179, 20.2%), health information management (n=175, 19.8%), health information technology (n=128, 14.4%), and health librarianship (n=104, 11.7%). Nearly all (n=797, 90%) participants identified as a manager or professional. Less than half (430/1019, 42.2%) had a formal qualification in a specialist digital health area, and only one-quarter (244/938, 26%) held a credential in a digital health area. While two-thirds (502/763, 65.7%) reported undertaking professional development in the last year, most were self-directed activities, such as seeking information or consuming online content. Work undertaken by specialist digital health workers could be classified as either leadership, functional, occupational, or technological.

Conclusions: Future specialist digital health workforce capability frameworks should include the aspects of leadership, function, occupation, and technology. This largely unqualified workforce is undertaking little formal professional development to upskill them to continue to support the safe delivery and management of health and care through the use of digital data and technology.

全球数字医疗专家队伍的角色与责任:全球普查数据分析。
背景:全球数字健康专业人员普查是对支持健康数据、健康信息、健康知识和健康技术的开发、使用、管理和治理的专业人员进行的最大规模劳动力调查:全球数字健康专家劳动力普查是对支持健康数据、健康信息、健康知识和健康技术的开发、使用、管理和治理的专家角色进行的最大规模的劳动力调查:本文旨在对 2023 年普查中受访者报告的角色和职能进行分析:2023 年普查使用 Qualtrics 进行,开放时间为 2023 年 7 月 1 日至 8 月 13 日。普查提供了一个广泛的定义,以指导受访者了解哪些人属于专业数字医疗人员。凡是自我认定属于这支队伍的人都可以参与调查。我们采用描述性统计分析和受访者在其角色中所报告职能的主题分析对数据进行了分析:共有 1103 名受访者完成了普查,并报告了他们的人口信息和职责数据。大多数受访者居住在澳大利亚(870 人,占 78.9%)或新西兰(130 人,占 11.8%),大多数(620 人,占 56.3%)年龄在 35-54 岁之间,女性(720 人,占 65.3%)。排名前四位的职业专业分别是卫生信息学(n=179,20.2%)、卫生信息管理(n=175,19.8%)、卫生信息技术(n=128,14.4%)和卫生图书馆学(n=104,11.7%)。几乎所有参与者(n=797,90%)都认为自己是管理人员或专业人员。不到一半(430/1019,42.2%)的参与者拥有数字健康专业领域的正式资格,只有四分之一(244/938,26%)的参与者拥有数字健康领域的证书。虽然有三分之二(502/763,65.7%)的人表示在去年进行了专业进修,但大多数都是自发活动,如寻求信息或消费在线内容。专科数字卫生工作者所从事的工作可分为领导力、职能、职业或技术几类:未来的专业数字医疗人员能力框架应包括领导力、职能、职业和技术等方面。这支基本上不合格的队伍几乎没有进行正规的专业培训,以提高他们通过使用数字数据和技术继续支持安全提供和管理健康与护理的能力。
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