Evaluating the implementation of a personal health record for chronic primary and secondary care: a mixed methods approach.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Personal health records (PHRs) provide the opportunity for self-management support, enhancing communication between patients and caregivers, and maintaining and/or improving the quality of chronic disease management. Their implementation is a multi-level and complex process, requiring a holistic approach that takes into account the technology, its users and the context of implementation. The aim of this research is to evaluate the fidelity of a PHR in chronic care (the degree to which it was implemented as intended) in order to explain the found effects. METHODS:A convergent parallel mixed methods design was used, where qualitative and quantitative data were collected in parallel, analyzed separately, and finally merged. Log data of 536 users were used to gain insight into the a

SUBMITTER: Sieverink F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6882368 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature