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Assessing a Patient-Centered E-Health Approach to Chronic Disease Self-Management

Assessing a Patient-Centered E-Health Approach to Chronic Disease Self-Management

Elizabeth Cummings, Stephen Chau, Paul Turner
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781605660165|ISBN10: 1605660167|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925369|EISBN13: 9781605660172
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-016-5.ch013
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Cummings, Elizabeth, et al. "Assessing a Patient-Centered E-Health Approach to Chronic Disease Self-Management." Patient-Centered E-Health, edited by E. Vance Wilson, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 168-185. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-016-5.ch013

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Cummings, E., Chau, S., & Turner, P. (2009). Assessing a Patient-Centered E-Health Approach to Chronic Disease Self-Management. In E. Wilson (Ed.), Patient-Centered E-Health (pp. 168-185). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-016-5.ch013

Chicago

Cummings, Elizabeth, Stephen Chau, and Paul Turner. "Assessing a Patient-Centered E-Health Approach to Chronic Disease Self-Management." In Patient-Centered E-Health, edited by E. Vance Wilson, 168-185. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-016-5.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter explores how in developing patient-centred e-health systems it is possible to accommodate heterogeneous characteristics of end-users and their diverse health and care contexts. It concurs with conventional sociotechnical design paradigms that argue systems must be easy to use, fulfill a perceived need, and present a clear value proposition to ensure successful adoption and utilisation by patients. The chapter also highlights the need for awareness of a number of key challenges relating to emerging discourses on ‘empowering patients’ and ‘e-health’. The implications of these challenges for the development of a truly patient-centred e-health approach are explored in a detailed case study. This chapter contributes to research focused on supporting patients to become genuine co-participants in their own care, health and well-being. However, it also acknowledges that part of the challenge of achieving this goal requires a focus on assisting clinicians to learn to respond to this shift in the autonomy of decision- making

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