How Patient-Generated Data Enhance Patient-Provider Communication in Chronic Care: Field Study in Design Science Research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modern approaches such as patient-centered care ask health care providers (eg, nurses, physicians, and dietitians) to activate and include patients to participate in their health care. Mobile health (mHealth) is integral in this endeavor to be more patient centric. However, structural and regulatory barriers have hindered its adoption. Existing mHealth apps often fail to activate and engage patients sufficiently. Moreover, such systems seldom integrate well with health care providers' workflow.

Objective

This study investigated how patient-provider communication behaviors change when introducing patient-generated data into patient-provider communication.

Methods

We adopted the design science approach to design PatientHub, an integrated digital health system

SUBMITTER: Staehelin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11422739 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature