Patient Internet services: creating the value-added paradigm.
An analysis of consumer and organizational perspectives on web design suggests emerging webside functionality, growing patient needs for self-management skills, and mounting corporate accountability will transform web strategies and consumer expectations from the current general health information approach to a value-added paradigm, which is described with a list of eight guiding principles.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003219:Confidentiality; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D005178:Faculty; D006266:Health Education / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012648:Self Care; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014922:Wisconsin