Use of a matrix to select home-based technology for HeartCare II.
Access to consumer health informatics innovations requires availability of certain technical resources. We discuss the use of a decision analysis matrix in selecting technology for home use by participants in the HeartCare II project, a web-based resource for patients managing congestive heart failure. The matrix provided the structure for collecting, displaying, and comparing data about the requisite criteria for the technology. Its utility for a variety of decision problems with dissimilar data elements is posited.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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Casper
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D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing*; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care