Quality of care information for consumers on the internet

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 45-54

  Oermann, Marilyn H ^a   Wilson, Feleta L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Patient education; Quality of health care; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; READING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034219115     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200007000-00008     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. M.H. Oermann and D. Huber, "Ignorance is Bliss but Not in Health Care: Teaching Consumers about Quality Care," Outcomes Management/or Nursing Practice 3 (1999): 47-49.
2. S.L. Isaacs, "Consumers' Information Needs: Results of a National Survey," Health Affairs 15, no. 4 (1996): 31-41.
3. J.H. Hibbard and J.J. Jewett, "What Type of Quality Information Do Consumers Want in a Health Care Report Card?" Medical Care Research and Review 53, no. 1 (1996): 28-47.
4. J.H. Hibbard and J.J. Jewett, "Will Quality Report Cards Help Consumers?" Health Affairs 16 (1997): 218-228.
5. M.H. Oermann, "Consumers' Descriptions of Quality Health Care," Journal of Nursing Care Quality 14, no. 1 (1999): 47-55.
6. M.H. Oermann and T. Templin, "Important Attributes of Quality Health Care: Consumer Perspectives," Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, forthcoming.
7. A.L. Helwig, et al., "An Office-Based Internet Patient Education System: A Pilot Study," The Journal oF Family Practice 48 (1999)-123-127.
8. J.M. Lamp and P.A. Howard, "Guiding Parents' Use of the Internet for Newborn Education," The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 24, no. 1 (1999): 33-36.
9. S. Rose, et al., "Accessing the Internet for Patient Information About Orthopedics," JAMA 280, no. 15 (1998): 1309.
10. National Committee for Quality Assurance, "NCQA Consumer Page." http://www.ncqa. org/Pages/Main/consumers.htm. Accessed 20 December 1999.
11. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, "What is Quality Check?™" http://www.jcaho.org/qualitycheck/. Accessed 20 December 1999.
12. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, "Consumer Health." http://www.ahcpr.gov/ consumer/. Accessed 20 December 1999.
13. Foundation for Accountability, "Understanding Health Care Quality." http://www.facct. org/educate/understand_hcq.html. Accessed 28 November 1999.
14. D. Lewis, "Computer-Based Approaches to Patient Education: A Review of the Literature," Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 6 (1999): 272-282.
15. D.A. Pemotto, et al., "'Informed Consent' Interactive Videodisc for Patients Having a Colonoscopy, a Polypectomy, and an Endoscopy," Medinfo 8, no. 2 (1995): 1699.
16. L.M. Baker, et al., "The Readability of Medical Information on InfoTrac: Does It Meet the Needs of People with Low Literacy Skills?" Reference and Adult Services Quarterly 37 (1998): 155-160.
17. K.S. French and J.J. Larrabee, "Relationships Among Educational Material Readability, Client Literacy, Perceived Beneficence, and Perceived Quality," Journal of Nursing Care Quality 13, no. 6 (1999): 68-82.
18. F.L. Wilson, The Suitability of United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensary Information Psychotrophic Drug Leaflets for Urban Patients with Limited Reading Skills," Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 13 (1999): 204-211.
19. T.C. Davis, et al., "A Polio Immunization Pamphlet with Increased Appeal and Simplified Language Does Not Improve Comprehension to an Acceptable Level," Patient Education and Counseling 33 (1998): 25-36.
20. T.C. Davis, et al., "How Poor Literacy Leads to Poor Health Care," Patient Care (15 October 1996): 94-126.
21. C.C. Doak, et al., "Improving Comprehension for Cancer Patients with Low Literacy Skills: Strategies for Clinicians," CA - Cancer Journal for Clinicians 48 (1998): 151-162.
22. M.A. Graber, et al., "Readability Levels of Patient Education Material on the World Wide Web," Journal of Family Practice 48 (1999): 58-61.
23. L. Streiff, "Can Clients Understand Instruction?" Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship 18 (1986): 48-52.
24. R. Flesch, The Art of Readable Writing. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.