Patients, Professionals and the Internet: Renegotiating the Healthcare Encounter

(2010). Patients, Professionals and the Internet: Renegotiating the Healthcare Encounter. National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Service Delivery and Organisation (NIHR SDO) programme, UK.

URL: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/081602130

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine how patient use of internet information impinges on the utilisation of healthcare services. The research had the following objectives:

+ to quantify the extent, and patterns, of patients use of the internet as a health information resource and identify the factors leading to variations in behaviour.

+ to identify the search strategies employed by patients in accessing internet health information internet and the evaluative approaches used in assessing information quality.

+ to analyse the content and dynamics of virtual health communities and how participation in such communities is integrated into engagement with health services.

+ to document the evolving nature of patient-professional interaction arising from patient access to health information and the subsequent format of the healthcare encounter.

+ to assess the effect of changing patient access to information and changes in the healthcare encounter on patterns of patient decision making and health behaviours.

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• Item ORO ID
• 36145
• Item Type
• Other - Research Report (for external body)
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Harnessing the internet as an effective health information tool to empower patients, carers, and members of the public.	Not Set	NIHR SDO

• Keywords
• e-health; e-health encounters; ethics in health research;; internet-based healthcare; patient empowerment; patient-professional interaction; patient internet information usage; Patient information searching and evaluation; virtual health communities;
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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• Depositing User
• Shailey Minocha