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The Past, the Present, and the Future: Examining the Role of the “Social” in Transforming Personal Healthcare Management of Chronic Disease
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Cummings, E and Ellis, L and Turner, P, The Past, the Present, and the Future: Examining the Role of the 'Social' in Transforming Personal Healthcare Management of Chronic Disease, Social Media and Mobile Technologies for Healthcare, Medical Information Science Reference, M Househ, E Borycki and A Kushniruk (ed), United States, pp. 76-93. ISBN 978-1-4666-6150-9 (2014) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2014 IGI Global
DOI: doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6150-9.ch006
Abstract
This chapter examines how the rapid diffusion of social media and Mobile Web is impacting personal
healthcare management amongst those living with chronic disease. Despite a recent increase in research
in this area (Moorhead, et al., 2013), evaluating the "social" still poses challenges to conventional
notions of the "Internet empowered" patient and the best ways to support the management of chronic
disease (Østbye, et al., 2005). The chapter argues that there is a need for advancing conceptual thinking
on how health and IT are now interacting at the level of individual patients/citizens and how this
is continuing to transform health professional-patient interactions (Glasgow, et al., 2008). By drawing
on examples of e-health research, the chapter illustrates how notions of the "social" and "technology"
have evolved over time from medically centred e-health through to patient-centred e-health. The chapter
considers how this evolution may lead to a future focus on community-centred personal healthcare of
chronic disease supported by "social" e-health tools, applications, and services that continue to blur
the more conventional boundaries between health professionals, patients, and their social networks.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | chronic disease management, e-Health, health informatics |
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: | Cummings, E (Associate Professor Liz Cummings) |
UTAS Author: | Ellis, L (Associate Professor Leonie Ellis) |
UTAS Author: | Turner, P (Associate Professor Paul Turner) |
ID Code: | 93843 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences B |
Deposited On: | 2014-08-19 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-03 |
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