The non-development of the concept of patient knowledge empowerment for disease self-
management and the non-development of the theory of patient knowledge empowerment in …

Background New community-based arrangements and novel technologies can empower
individuals to be active participants in their health maintenance, enabling people to control …

Cancer research has led to more cancer patients being cured, and many more enabled to
live with their cancer. As such, some cancers are now considered a chronic disease, where …

Purpose Biomedical research is being catalyzed by the vast amount of data rapidly collected
through the application of information technologies (IT). Despite IT advances, the methods …

The ever-growing demand for acquiring, managing and exploiting patient health related
information has led to the development of many e-Health systems and applications …

The advancements in healthcare practice have brought to the fore the need for flexible
access to health-related information and created an ever-growing demand for the design …

Personal health record (PHR) is considered a crucial part in improving patient outcomes.
However the adoption rate by the general public in the US still remains low. To find out the …

Patients today have ample opportunities to inform themselves in the internet about their
disease and possible treatments. While this type of patient empowerment is widely regarded …

Nowadays, patients have a wealth of information available on the Internet. Despite the
potential benefits of Internet health information seeking, several concerns have been raised …

Purpose An electronic health record (EHR) enables clinicians to access and share patient
information electronically and has the ultimate goal of improving the delivery of healthcare …