Table 3.

User requirements: PEPA information and its presentation.

Subcategory	Aspects	User groupa
Volume of PEPA information	Need for complete data	b
	Manageability of large amounts of data	a/b
	Need for time and content-related limits	a/b/c
Designing health information in a patient accessible way	Information comprehensible to laypersons	a/b/c
	Adapting the presentation of medical results	b
	Glossary to support comprehensibility	a/c
Chronological presentation of illness related information	Tracking the course of illness and treatment	a/b/c
	Information in chronological order	a/b/c
	Identifying and utilizing unstructured information	b
	Tracking long-term laboratory findings	a
Ergonomic layout	Clarity	b/c
	Ease of use	b/c
Design of the home page	Key information on the home page	a/b/c
	Priority for current issues	a/b
	Highlighting entries	b/c

^aUser group: a=patients; b=physicians; c=other HCPs (eg, nurses).