An eHealth Approach to Reporting Allergic Reactions to Food and Closing the Knowledge Gap.
There is an important knowledge gap in food allergy management in understanding the factors that determine allergic reactions to food, in gathering objective reports of reactions in real time, and in accessing patients' reaction-histories during consultations. We investigate how eHealth methods can close this knowledge gap. We report experiences with an online tool for reporting allergic reactions that we have developed as a web application. This application has been successfully validated by participants from Ireland and the UK, and is currently being used in a pilot where participants report allergic reactions in near-real time.
Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, UK.
Christopher
C
Munro
Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester, UK.
Aida
A
Semic-Jusufagic
University College Cork, Ireland.
Katarzyna
K
Pyrz
Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, UK.
Philip
P
Couch
University College Cork, Ireland.
Audrey
A
Dunn-Galvin
Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, UK.
Niels
N
Peek
Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester, UK.
Marina
M
Themis
Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester, UK.
Clare
C
Mills
Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, UK.
Iain
I
Buchan
University College Cork, Ireland.
Jonathan
J
Hourihane
Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester, UK.
Angela
A
Simpson
D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009862:Online Systems; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D057566:Self Report; D012984:Software; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology