Usability and perceived usefulness of personal health records for preventive health care: A case study focusing on patients' and primary care providers' perspectives

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 613-628

  Ant Ozok, A ^a   Wu, Huijuan ^a   Garrido, Melissa ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^c   Gurses, Ayse P ^c  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Personal health records; Usability; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD; PRIMARY CARE CLINICS; PRIMARY-CARE PROVIDERS; USABILITY; USEFULNESS;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCESS DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS; USABILITY; USEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84892847211     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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