Kensing Finn
University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2012;180:9-13.
The paper addresses the complex interplay between patients, healthcare professionals, and technology in relation to the treatment of chronic patients. It reflects on an ongoing interdisciplinary action research project striving to design and implement IT support for communication and collaboration in the distributed heterogeneous network of chronic patients and the healthcare professionals that take care of them. An interactive personal health record (PHR) has been designed as part of the project. As such it is part of a trend to find ways to include patients in their own care process. This has been motivated by expected health benefits for the patients as well as promises to lead to reduced costs for a burdened healthcare system.
本文探讨了患者、医疗保健专业人员和技术在慢性病患者治疗方面的复杂相互作用。它反思了一个正在进行的跨学科行动研究项目，该项目致力于为慢性病患者及其护理医疗保健专业人员组成的分布式异构网络中的沟通与协作设计并实施信息技术支持。作为该项目的一部分，设计了一种交互式个人健康记录（PHR）。因此，它是寻求让患者参与自身护理过程方法这一趋势的一部分。这样做的动机既包括对患者预期的健康益处，也包括有望为负担沉重的医疗保健系统降低成本。
