Experiences of multidisciplinary development team members during user-centered design of telecare products and services: A qualitative study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Vermeulen, Joan ^a   Verwey, Renée ^a,b   Hochstenbach, Laura M J ^a   Van Der Weegen, Sanne ^a   Man, Yan Ping ^b   De Witte, Luc P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers and facilitators; EHealth; Multidisciplinary team; Participation; Telecare; User centered design

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84902256242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3195     Document Type: Article

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