Human factors considerations when developing eHealth solutions to support patients: Comparison of Danish and Australian experiences

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 157-175

  Roehrer, Erin ^a   Bjørnes, Charlotte D ^b   Cummings, Elizabeth ^a   Nøhr, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumer health informatics systems; Frameworks; Human factors; Socio cultural impact.; System design and evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905971393     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2014.064245     Document Type: Article

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