How Can eHealth Technology Address Challenges Related to Multimorbidity? Perspectives from Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1063-1070

  Zulman, Donna M ^a,b   Jenchura, Emily C ^c   Cohen, Danielle M ^b   Lewis, Eleanor T ^a   Houston, Thomas K ^d,e   Asch, Steven M ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; eHealth; mobile health; multimorbidity; self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITION; NEOPLASM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSTATE DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF CARE; TELEHEALTH; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84938202253     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3222-9     Document Type: Article

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