Healthcare Professionals' Experiences with Digital Health Technologies in Cardiovascular Disease Management: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis

As the global burden of cardiovascular disease continues to increase, Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) have become an important tool to improve the management of cardiovascular disease. According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among noncommunicable diseases in the world, causing about 17.9 million deaths every year, accounting for 31% of all deaths in the world. In recent years, digital technologies such as smart wearable devices, remote monitoring platforms, and artificial intelligence (AI) assisted decision-making systems have been widely used in cardiovascular disease management to improve nursing efficiency, reduce manual operation errors, and promote the transformation of cardiovascular care from the traditional hospital-center model to the direction of continuous and individualized. Although a large number of studies have focused on the impact of digital health technology on patient outcomes, such as reducing readmission rates and improving treatment compliance, there are still insufficient studies that systematically analyze the experience of using digital health technology from the perspective of medical staff. Most of the existing studies focus on the technical effects of patients, while the key experience of medical staff in practical application such as operation burden, technical barriers, and clinical integration effect is not discussed enough. Existing studies have shown that medical staff face challenges such as poor device compatibility, insurance reimbursement barriers, and insufficient training when using digital health technology. At the technical level, there are problems such as data interference, insufficient device compatibility, and poor generalization of AI models, and clinical integration faces obstacles such as "alarm fatigue", weak evidence base, and insufficient insurance coverage. However, the specific impacts and solutions of these challenges still need to be deeply understood and analyzed through the real-world experience of medical staff. The background significance of this study is to systematically integrate qualitative research evidence on the use of digital health technology by medical staff, reveal the key challenges and effective strategies in their use experience, and provide evidence-based basis for optimizing the application of digital health technology in cardiovascular disease management. This will not only help to solve the current barriers to technology integration in clinical practice, but also provide clinical practice guidance for the development and improvement of digital health tools, thereby improving the overall efficiency and quality of cardiovascular disease management.