Enhancing patient understanding of medical procedures: Evaluation of an interactive multimedia program with in-line exercises

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 376-384

  Tait, Alan R ^a,c   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a   Chetcuti, Stanley J ^b   Brennan Martinez, Colleen ^b   Levine, Robert ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ArchieMD Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information technology; Multimedia; Patient comprehension

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSIS; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS;

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION DELIVERY; INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT COMPREHENSION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; WRITTEN INFORMATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEACHING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84897417253     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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