Provider-sponsored virtual communities for chronic patients: Improving health outcomes through organizational patient-centred knowledge management

Health Expectations

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 352-358

  Winkelman, Warren J ^a   Choo, Chun Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Empowerment; Information system; Knowledge creation; Patient participation; Patient centred care; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIALIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0344549115     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-7625.2003.00237.x     Document Type: Review

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