Exploring Early Adopter Baby Boomers' Approach to Managing Their Health and Healthcare
The Patient 3.0 Profile is used to explore to the patient engagement strategies of early adopter baby boomers' in three domains: 1) patient relationships, 2) health information use and 3) consumer health technology (CHT) use. Findings from six focus groups with early adopter boomers challenge prior notions about older adults' passive approach to patient engagement. Baby boomers want to make final healthcare decisions with input from providers. While adept at finding and critically assessing online health information for self-education and self-management, boomers want providers to curate relevant and trustworthy information. Boomers embrace CHTs offered through providers (i.e., patient portals, email and text messaging) and sponsored by wellness programs (i.e., diet and activity devices and apps). However, there is no indication they add information to their online medical records or use CHT for diagnosis, treatment or disease management. Additional resources are needed to encourage widespread adoption, support patient effectiveness, and confirm cost-benefit.
Source: International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications - Category: Information Technology Authors: Seale, Deborah E. LeRouge, Cynthia M. Ohs, Jennifer E. Tao, Donghua Lach, Helen W. Jupka, Keri Wray, Ricardo Tags: Health Information Systems Medicine & Healthcare Source Type: research
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