From loquacious to reticent: understanding patient health information communication to guide consumer health IT design | Zendy

Rupa S. Valdez | Zendy; Thomas M. Guterbock | Zendy; Kara Fitzgibbon | Zendy; Ishan C. Williams | Zendy; Claire Wellbeloved-Stone | Zendy; Jaime E Bears | Zendy; Hannah K Menefee | Zendy

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From loquacious to reticent: understanding patient health information communication to guide consumer health IT design

Author(s) -

Rupa S. Valdez,

Thomas M. Guterbock,

Kara Fitzgibbon,

Ishan C. Williams,

Claire Wellbeloved-Stone,

Jaime E Bears,

Hannah K Menefee

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of the american medical informatics association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1527-974X

pISSN - 1067-5027

DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocw155

Subject(s) - health communication , social media , content analysis , psychology , internet privacy , applied psychology , medicine , world wide web , sociology , computer science , social science , communication

It is increasingly recognized that some patients self-manage in the context of social networks rather than alone. Consumer health information technology (IT) designed to support socially embedded self-management must be responsive to patients' everyday communication practices. There is an opportunity to improve consumer health IT design by explicating how patients currently leverage social media to support health information communication.

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