title: Health care providers and purchasers and evaluation of interactive health communication applications. Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health.
abstract: Health care providers and purchasers of health services have an opportunity to improve patient care and potentially save costs through the wise purchase of interactive health communication applications for patients and employees. Purchasing decisions based on evaluation and evidence should drive the design and development of new systems. The cycle of evaluation includes a needs assessment before system development, usability testing during development, and studies of use and outcomes in natural settings. This type of evidence is critical to our understanding of how best to provide health information and decision assistance to patients, employees, and others.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jimison
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mulley
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Eng
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006761:Hospitals; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States