Electronic Psychosocial Assessment Tool: Concept Development and Identification of Barriers to Successful Implementation

Abstract

Information Communication Technologies (ICT) have resulted in positive outcomes in a range of clinical studies, however, most have not had widespread subsequent uptake, partly because they were not developed with all stakeholder requirements in mind. In the current study, we engaged stakeholders in the concept development stage of a project to transform a psychosocial assessment into an ICT-enabled format. By engaging the stakeholders in this early process we were able to identify a range of software functionalities that are likely to improve the applicability for users, as well as identify possible barriers to implementation.

KEYWORDS:

• concept development
• electronic assessment
• healthcare
• implementation barriers
• information communication technologies

Notes

We would specifically like to thank Professor Douglas Boer and Mitch Dowling for their help in recoding a number of the transcripts to determine interrater reliability. We would also like to thank all of the participants for their openness in sharing their opinions.