期刊名称：Communications of the Association for Information Systems
印刷版ISSN：1529-3181
出版年度：2014
卷号：34
期号：1
页码：24
出版社：Association for Information Systems
摘要：E-health systems are often designed without considering user-centered design principles. Past research on the topic of patient-centered e-health (PCEH) has lacked focus on the design and development of a PCEH artifact and the process for its development. In this study, information systems design theory (ISDT) is applied to design, develop, and evaluate an e-health system based on PCEH principles. The goal of the artifact in this study is to improve patient understanding of diagnoses, procedures, medications, and post-discharge instructions and empower patients with the information needed pre- and post-discharge to make informed healthcare decisions. The artifact justification, meta-requirements, meta-design, development, and evaluation are presented in multiple iterations—beginning with a simple picture book, and ending with a Web-based, mobile, multimedia system. Findings indicate that a PCEH approach can be useful for achieving multiple design goals. The artifact illustrates achievement of an important organizational quality improvement goal for the case study organization involved, a key physician goal to improve patient-physician engagement, and an important patient goal—to improve understanding about patient-specific diagnoses and health conditions prior to discharge from a hospital visit and initiation of home health care.
关键词：patient-centered e-health; information systems design theory; media richness theory; media synchronicity theory; health literacy; mobile patient education system
