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The Diffusion of a Personal Health Record for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care

Authors:
Floor Sieverink
Louise Braakman-Jansen
Yvonne Roelofsen
Steven Hendriks
Robbert Sanderman
Henk Bilo
Julia Van Gemert-Pijnen

Keywords: Personal Health Record; type 2 diabetes mellitus; implementation; diffusion of innovation; interviews; contextual inquiry; value specification; summative evaluation.

Abstract:
A Personal Health Record is a promising technology for improving the quality of chronic disease management. Despite the efforts that have been made in a research project to develop a Personal Health Record for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care (e-Vita), considerable differences have been reported between the number of registered users in the participating primary practices. Interviews among practice nurses indicated that a lack of infrastructure (integration in daily care processes), the ability to try the Personal Health Record with minimal investments and without commitment (trialability) and the relative advantage of using a Personal Health Record in comparison with other methods were important factors for the diffusion of the Personal Health Record in primary care.

Pages: 177 to 183

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2014. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2014

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ISSN: 1942-2660