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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/96170, first published .
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Digital Health Competence and Attitudes Toward AI Among Health Care Professionals: Convergent Mixed Methods Study

Digital Health Competence and Attitudes Toward AI Among Health Care Professionals: Convergent Mixed Methods Study

Segundo Jimenez-Garcia   1, 2 ;   Manuela Domingo-Pozo   1, 2 ;   Jose Garcia-Rodriguez   3 ;   David Tomás   4 ;   David Ortiz-Perez   3 ;   Kristina Mikkonen   5, 6, 7, 8 * ;   Erika Jarva   5 ;   M Flores Vizcaya-Moreno   1, 2 *

1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, Alicante, Alicante, Spain

2 Institute for Health and Biomedical Research of Alicante (ISABIAL), Alicante, Alicante, Spain

3 Department of Computer Science and Technology, Polytechnic School, University of Alicante, Alicante, Alicante, Spain

4 Department of Software and Computing Systems, Polytechnic School, University of Alicante, Alicante, Alicante, Spain

5 Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

6 Medical Research Centre, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

7 Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom

8 Department of Evidence-Based Clinical Nursing, Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • M Flores Vizcaya-Moreno
  • Department of Nursing
  • Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante
  • Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n
  • Alicante, Alicante 03690
  • Spain
  • Phone: 34 965 903 400 ext 2120
  • Email: flores.vizcaya@ua.es