Patient-centered e-health

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Wilson, E. Vance
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Medical informatics.; Medical telematics.; Medical personnel and patient.; Medical Informatics > trends.; Internet.; Medical Records Systems, Computerized > trends.; Patient-Centered Care > trends.; Self Care > trends.; Asthma self-management; Asthmatics' non-use of e-health systems; Chronic disease self-management; Disability determinations; E-health marketing; E-health perception in rural communities; E-health research; Facilitating conditions; Healthcare cost transparency; Healthcare quality; Incompatible images; Interaction design; Online health communications; Patient-centered e-health design; Patient-centered e-health initiatives; Personal health records; PHR user interface; Privacy management; Provider-delivered e-health; Technology adoption; Web-based tools
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxvi, 271 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-260) and index.
• ISBN: 9781605660172 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Adoption of a user-centered design (UCD) focus has immensely enriched the health industry. Application of UCD concepts are key to successful development of e-services, including e-health. Patient-Centered E-Health presents the perspective of a distinct form of e-health that is patient-focused, patient-aware, patient-empowered, and patient-active. This must-have book for researchers, educators, and healthcare practitioners addresses the special characteristics of the e-health domain through a user-centered design, providing foundational topics in areas such as patient-centered design methods, psychological aspects of online health communication, and e-health marketing.