Enhancing the effectiveness of consumer-focused health information technology systems through ehealth literacy: A framework for understanding users' needs

JMIR Human Factors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kayser, Lars ^a   Kushniruk, Andre ^b   Osborne, Richard H ^c   Norgaard, Ole ^a   Turner, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

eHealth literacy; Requirements; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000401075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22929495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/humanfactors.3696     Document Type: Article

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