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Abstract

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The phenomenal growth of the Internet and telecommunications technologies offers the next major step in health care: efficient communication between patients and their health care providers. While there is a wealth of information from a variety of sources on health care and medical conditions, the tools to help patients put together their own experience in a framework of recent medical research findings does not exist. We propose to develop an interactive website that will not only provide the latest medical research to health care consumers, but will apply this research to the consumer's specific health requirements. The purpose of this website is to facilitate efficient face-to-face communication between health care providers and patient/consumers. A website will be developed and evaluated during Phase I utilizing postmenopausal hormone therapy as the prototype module (condition). At the conclusion of the interactive website a health profile and a set of questions customized to a patient/consumer's specific situation will be produced to take to the appointment with the health care provider. It will be determined if this instrument benefits both providers and patients by optimizing their time together. The questions and background information will facilitate informed, shared medical decision-making.

Thesaurus Terms:
Internet, computer assisted patient care, decision making, health education, hormone therapy, informatics, patient care personnel relations
communication, computer assisted medical decision making, computer human interaction, interactive multimedia, patient care planning
clinical research, female, human subject

Institution:	EAKER EPIDEMIOLOGY ENTERPRISES, LLC
	8975 COUNTY RD, V
	CHILI, WI 54420
Fiscal Year:	2002
Department:
Project Start:	15-SEP-2002
Project End:	28-FEB-2004
ICD:	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
IRG:	ZRG1