Electronic Patient-Generated Health Data to Facilitate Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Digital innovations continue to shape health and health care. As technology socially integrates into daily living, the lives of health care consumers are transformed into a key source of health information, commonly referred to as patient-generated health data (PGHD). With chronic disease prevalence signaling the need for a refocus on primary prevention, electronic PGHD might be essential in strengthening proactive and person-centered health care. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to review and synthesize the existing literature on the utilization and implications of electronic PGHD for primary disease prevention and health promotion purposes. METHODS:Guided by a well-accepted methodological framework for scoping studies, we screened MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, E

SUBMITTER: Nittas V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6914107 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature