title: User-driven health care: answering multidimensional information needs in individual patients utilizing post-EBM approaches: an operational model.
abstract: The hypothesis in the conceptual model was that a user-driven innovation in presently available information and communication technology infrastructure would be able to meet patient and health professional users information needs and help them attain better health outcomes. An operational model was created to plan a trial on a sample diabetic population utilizing a randomized control trial design, assigning one randomly selected group of diabetics to receive electronic information intervention and analyse if it would improve their health outcomes in comparison with a matched diabetic population who would only receive regular medical intervention. Diabetes was chosen for this particular trial, as it is a major chronic illness in Malaysia as elsewhere in the world. It is in essence a position paper for how the study concept should be organized to stimulate wider discussion prior to beginning the study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Manipal University, Melaka, Malaysia. rakesh7biswas@gmail.com
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Jayanthy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maniam
authors.forename: Edwin Wen Huo
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Premalatha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: Shashikiran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Umakanth
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dahiya
authors.forename: Sayeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D040421:Cell Phone; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008296:Malaysia; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D017145:Models, Educational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009874:Operations Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support