Reconciling the patient's role in the improvement of health outcomes: medical informatics' newest frontier

[...]it appears as if the interfaces were most likely written in physician language. [...]medical informatics research must continuously develop the capacity to demonstrate that information technology can effect positive change for patients [7]. [...]we should familiarize ourselves with validated mo...

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Published in:Journal of medical Internet research 2004-05, Vol.6 (2), p.e14-e14
Main Author: Winkelman, Warren J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Information
Behavior
Delivery of Health Care - trends
Health behavior
Health informatics
Health status
Humans
Information systems
Information technology
Interfaces
Internet
Knowledge management
Medical informatics
Medical records
Medical Records Systems, Computerized - trends
Medical technology
Patient participation
Patient Participation - trends
Patient satisfaction
Personal health
Psychology
Quality Assurance, Health Care - trends
Research methodology
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Summary:[...]it appears as if the interfaces were most likely written in physician language. [...]medical informatics research must continuously develop the capacity to demonstrate that information technology can effect positive change for patients [7]. [...]we should familiarize ourselves with validated models for evaluation that have appeared in the social science, behavioral psychology, and information systems literatures in the last several decades, and adapting them to research questions around the relationship between patient behavior, technology use, and health.
ISSN:1438-8871
1438-8871
DOI:10.2196/jmir.6.2.e14