The impact of an eHealth portal on health care professionals' interaction with patients: Qualitative study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Das, Anita ^a   Faxvaag, Arild ^a   Svanæs, Dag ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; eHealth; Health care; Online communication; Patient; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DETERIORATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FIELD STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CARE; SPEECH; TELEHEALTH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WRITING; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84948960252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4950     Document Type: Article

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