Quantifying the quantified self: A study on the motivation of patients to track their own health

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 3286-3301

  Gimpe, Henner ^a   Nißen, Marcia ^a   Görlitz, Roland A ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FZI RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health informatics; Healthcare information systems; Medical information systems; Psychology; Service engineering; Service science; Survey research

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH INFORMATICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SERVICE ENGINEERING; SERVICE SCIENCE; SURVEY RESEARCH;

DIGITAL STORAGE; HEALTH; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; SURVEYS;

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 84897795200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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