Issues in the design of Internet-based systems for collecting patient-reported outcomes

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1407-1417

  Jones, James B ^a,b   Snyder, Claire F ^a,c   Wu, Albert W ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Internet; Patient reported outcomes; Web based

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARYLAND; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34648826939     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9235-z     Document Type: Article

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