title: Designing a patient education framework via use case analysis.
abstract: One of the challenges of developing patient education content in electronic form is to determine the information and interaction needs that motivate a patient to learn in the first place. We have found that use case analysis of patient education helps in clarifying the types of information and interaction required to educate a patient effectively. This paper presents a use case model for patient education as well as a Java-based framework that facilitates both the extension and updating of individually tailored, electronic patient education content. The framework defines an abstract interface that represents a particular panel of information, and provides a content manager that dynamically discovers and refreshes new panels as they are added or modified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, 90024, USA. dondi@itmedicine.net
authors.forename: John David N
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dionisio
authors.forename: Alexander A T
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Lynn L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software