Laurence Alpay|John Verhoef|Bo Xie|Dov Te’eni|J.H.M. Zwetsloot-Schonk
Current Challenge in Consumer Health Informatics: Bridging the Gap between Access to Information and Information Understanding
Leiden University Medical Center|Leiden University|Leiden University Medical Center|University of Maryland, College Park|Tel Aviv University|University of Maryland, College Park|Leiden University Medical Center|Leiden University|Tel Aviv University
number healthrelated websites proliferated past years health information consumers confront myriad health related resources internet varying levels quality always easy comprehend thus need help health information consumers bridge gap access information information understandingie help consumers understand health related webbased resources act upon time health information consumers becoming involved health care also information technology minded one way address issue provide consumers tailored information contextualized personalized eg directly relevant easily comprehensible persons health situation paper presents current trend consumer health informatics focuses theorybased design development contextualized personalized tools allow evolving consumer varying backgrounds interests use online health information efficiently proposed approach uses theoretical framework communication order support consumers capacity understand healthrelated webbased resources