Functional Assessment of Currently Employed Technology Scale (FACETS) | Chapter 05 | New Horizons in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 7

 Introduction: In the absence of statistics demonstrating that patients, particularly older persons, use information technology, insurers, institutional, and independent health-care providers have increased their use of websites for patient communication (IT). The FACETS (Functional Assessment of Currently Employed Technology Scale) was created to measure the frequency of internet and IT use among patients of various ages. FACETS is a 10-item questionnaire that evaluates five functional domains and has excellent internal consistency reliability, great general factor validity, and strong domain factor validity. According to FACETS research, IT usage decreases considerably as people get older than 60. The findings also show that when it comes to IT use, those over 65 are not a homogeneous group, nor is IT use a homogeneous category. FACETS illustrates that using websites to communicate with older adults may constitute a barrier to health care access. It is proposed that internet and IT usage be included as a specialised area of assessment or therapy in health care guidelines for working with older individuals.

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Charles M. Lepkowsky
Independent Practice, 1143 Deer Trail Lane, Solvang, CA 93463-9519, United States.

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Update on the Functional Assessment of Currently Employed Technology Scale (FACETS) 4.0 | Chapter 04 | Issues and Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8

 Medicare, commercial insurers, and health care professionals have increasingly depended on websites and IT to connect with patients in the absence of statistics demonstrating that older persons use information technology (IT) to communicate with health care providers or insurers. The FACETS (Functional Assessment of Currently Employed Technology Scale) assesses how well a person uses various information technologies (ITs). FACETS research has shown that as people get older, their use of the internet and other IT decreases considerably, notably for accessing health care. In the context of the present COVID-19 situation, the default use of IT for accessing health care is being highlighted as a barrier to care. The present status of FACETS discoveries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is discussed in this chapter. There are recommendations to improve access to care and to boost the use of FACETS to assess which media are most accessible to older individuals for getting health care.

Author(S) Details

Charles M. Lepkowsky
Independent Practice, 1143 Deer Trail Lane, Solvang, California 93463, USA.

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