Title :
Examining the Fit between e-Health Service Design Features and Patient Segments
Author :
Chang, Hsin-Lu ; Tsai, Ya-Lin
Author_Institution :
Dept. Of Manage. of Inf. Syst., Nat. Chengchi Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
The demand of e-Health service increases dramatically owing to rapidly aging society, therefore, how to design e-Health service features that fit patients´ expectations becomes an important issue. This research aims to propose a research framework to examine the fit between five properties of e-Health service offerings and four patients´ segments. To justify the framework, we will conduct a survey of an e-Healthcare program in the National Taiwan University. The study expects to contribute to e-Health by increasing the understanding of the critical service design features in e-Health provision.
Keywords :
health care; medical information systems; e-health service design feature; home health care; patient expectations; patient segment; Aging; Business; Communications technology; Complexity theory; Diseases; Industries; e-Health; fit; patient preference; service design;
Conference_Titel :
Service Sciences (IJCSS), 2011 International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0326-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4421-2
DOI :
10.1109/IJCSS.2011.52