Feasibility of an e-Health Initiative: Information NWDs of Cancer Survivor Stakeholders
Investigate the value of a single unified Internet portal for accessing information on Colorado-based cancer services. This prospective study of a modern e-health initiative was commissioned to develop an assessment of stakeholder Needs, Wants, and Desires (NWDs) that may be used as one element in the decision-making process regarding the development of such a portal. DESIGN: Analytical and empirical studies were performed to identify or discover stakeholders NWDs. The field studies were guided by the initial analytical studies; the empirical data were used to finalize the analytical results. SETTING: Stakeholder focus groups were conducted in Denver, Pueblo, and Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. Key informants were interviewed by telephone. PARTICIPANTS: 41 stakeholders participated. INTERVENTIONS: Structured focus groups and structured interviews. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: 1.Identification or discovery of the putative NWDs of identified stakeholders regarding cancer services information. 2. Identification of direct & indirect Colorado-accessible cancer service information resources. RESULTS: Putative NWDs of four major categories of stakeholders for five major categories of cancer services; high-level system risks and issues with existing web-based cancer information resources were evaluated. CONCLUSIONS: Existing cancer resources do not consistently meet the identified stakeholders putative NWDs. A high usability resource, which makes the requisite information accessible, affordable, and maintains it complete, correct, and current, while providing safety and security to all stakeholder categories, is technically feasible. Creating this portal may encounter technical, economic, and public policy barriers that will require a mandate that it continues to respond to the evolving NWDs of stakeholders.
GM Samaras EA Samaras
Samaras Associates, Inc., Pueblo, CO USA
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-10
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）