Patient learning centre soppi: A way to promote human-computer interaction in health care

: Alaranta T, Nenonen H, Valimaki M, Suhonen R

: 2006

: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

: Consumer-Centered Computer-Suppported Care for Healthy People

: ST HEAL T

: 122

: 778

: 1

: 978-1-58603-622-5

: 0926-9630

The Patient Learning Centre was founded in Hyvinkaa Hospital in 2000 to support patients and their families' informational needs. In order to evaluate the Learning Centre's effectiveness we started a development project. One of the purposes was to analyze patients' Internet and computer use. The data for the describing survey-research was collected by questionnaires at two occasions. At the end of the project a number of patients who used internet had increased, one third did not use a computer at all. Getting information in discussions with the nurse was however the most important way. To develop user friendly methods in getting information is a challenge.

Nursing