Costs and difficulties of recruiting patients to provide e-health support: Pilot study in one primary care trust

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jones, Ray B ^a   O'Connor, Anita ^a   Brelsford, Jade ^b   Parsons, Neil ^c   Skirton, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c Sentinel GP Community Interest Company   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Email support; General practice; Long term conditions; Pilot study; Recruitment strategies

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; E-MAIL; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTERS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858973529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-25     Document Type: Article

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