Abstract
The Internet is rapidly becoming the most favorable method for consumer access to disease management information. Patients with chronic disease are empowered through individualized disease management. The definition of web delivered disease management was released by the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) [1] and is described as a “multi-disciplinary continuum-based approach to healthcare delivery.” Disease management supports the physician/patient relationship and the care plan by providing assistance and education in making decisions surrounding the patient (increasing patient autonomy). The predicted trends for healthcare web sites encompass a variety of technical areas and interactivity, however, they all circumnavigate around one central mission, Patient Empowerment. To achieve this mission, we must get beyond passive web pages to a level of continuous communication (real-time consumer relationship). In keeping with this goal, the purpose of this poster is to define a matrix for an E-healthcare web site assessment
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