Millions of laypersons need more medical information than they are customarily provided during their doctor’s visit. Health websites can help fill this knowledge gap, but the te...
Worldwide social networks, like Facebook, face fierce competition from local platforms when expanding globally. To remain attractive social network providers need to encourage use...
Patients do considerable information work. Technologies that help patients manage health information so they can play active roles in their health-care, such as personal health re...
Predrag V. Klasnja, Andrea Civan-Hartzler, Kenton ...
Although clinic environments are a primary location for exchanging information with clinicians, patients experience these spaces as harsh environments to access, use, exchange, an...
Kenton T. Unruh, Meredith M. Skeels, Andrea Civan-...
Most research regarding online social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Linked-In and Friendster has looked at these networks in terms of activity within the online network, suc...