Patient Internet services: creating the value-added paradigm.

Full Abstract

An analysis of consumer and organizational perspectives on web design suggests emerging webside functionality, growing patient needs for self-management skills, and mounting corporate accountability will transform web strategies and consumer expectations from the current general health information approach to a value-added paradigm, which is described with a list of eight guiding principles.

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Author information

Author/s: Molfenter, Todd (T); Johnson, Pauley (P); Gustafson, David H (DH); DeVries, Kathy (K); Veeramani, Dharmaraj (D);

Affiliation: Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS) Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM (J Healthc Inf Manag), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-; vol 16 (issue 4) : pp 73-9

Dates: Created 2002/10/07; Completed 2003/02/20; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12365305, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Aged
Computer Graphics
Confidentiality
Consumer Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data
Data Collection
Decision Making
Faculty
Health Education - classification; standards

Humans
Internet - classification; standards; utilization
Middle Aged
Needs Assessment
Self Care
Students - psychology
Universities
User-Computer Interface
Wisconsin

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