Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of EHR-integrated mobile patient questionnaires regarding usability and cost-efficiency

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Fritz, Fleur ^a   Balhorn, Sebastian ^a   Riek, Markus ^a   Breil, Bernhard ^a   Dugas, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical information system; Evaluation; Mobile devices; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life; Single source; Usability; Web based documentation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; EVALUATION; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE SOURCE; USABILITY;

COSTS; MOBILE DEVICES; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WEB SERVICES;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MOBILE PATIENT QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEB BROWSER; WORKFLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKFLOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859155091     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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