title: Use of a matrix to select home-based technology for HeartCare II.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kenron
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jimenez-Santana
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Casper
mesh_terms: 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