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The invisibility of disadvantage: why do we not notice?
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Showell, C and Cummings, E and Turner, P, The invisibility of disadvantage: why do we not notice?, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 235 pp. 388-392. ISSN 0926-9630 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-753-5-388
Abstract
Personal health records (PHRs) offer tantalising benefits for patients and healthcare providers, including improvements in patient-provider communication, patient empowerment, and access to data and information. A suspicion that disadvantaged patients are less likely to use or benefit from PHRs stimulated a research agenda that included: (a) a literature review; and (b) empirical analysis of eight years' hospital admission and discharge data linked to measures of patient social disadvantage. The results demonstrated an association between disadvantage, increased use of public hospital services and barriers to PHR use. These findings may appear self-evident, but dramatically highlight how disadvantaged patients continue to be overlooked in many e-health design processes, and are rarely a focus of user centred design. The paper concludes by briefly considering the implications of this invisibility.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | personal health records, barriers, disadvantage. |
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Health services and systems |
| Research Field: | Health informatics and information systems |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Evaluation of health and support services |
| Objective Field: | Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Showell, C (Dr Chris Showell) |
| UTAS Author: | Cummings, E (Associate Professor Liz Cummings) |
| UTAS Author: | Turner, P (Associate Professor Paul Turner) |
| ID Code: | 116063 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Deposited By: | Health Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2017-04-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-09-25 |
| Downloads: | 71 View Download Statistics |
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