Supporting Active Patient and Health Care Collaboration: A Prototype for Future Health Care Information Systems.
This article presents and illustrates the main features of a proposed process-oriented approach for patient information distribution in future health care information systems, by using a prototype of a process support system. The development of the prototype was based on the Visuera method, which includes five defined steps. The results indicate that a visualized prototype is a suitable tool for illustrating both the opportunities and constraints of future ideas and solutions in e-Health. The main challenges for developing and implementing a fully functional process support system concern both technical and organizational/management aspects.
University of Skövde, Sweden rose-mharie.ahlfeldt@his.se.|Visuera Integration AB, Sweden rose-mharie.ahlfeldt@his.se.
Rose-Mharie
RM
Åhlfeldt
University of Skövde, Sweden.|Visuera Integration AB, Sweden.
Anne
A
Persson
University of Skövde, Sweden.
Hanife
H
Rexhepi
Visuera Integration AB, Sweden.
Kalle
K
Wåhlander
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005544:Forecasting; D063005:Health Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000639:trends*
e-health services; patient-centred care; process support systems; process-oriented approach; prototype development