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Improving service of online health information provision: A case of usage-driven design for health information portals

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  • Bang Viet Nguyen

    (Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, Monash University)

  • Frada Burstein

    (Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, Monash University)

  • Julie Fisher

    (Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, Monash University)

Abstract

Health information portals (HIPs) are now well-established channels for providing reliable and relevant health information as a service to health information consumers. The concept of a smart health information portal was proposed to improve the search experience of HIP users, advancing HIPs learning capability by looking at usage data. This paper describes a design-science research project which utilized insights from usage data to address search issues. A conceptual approach and an architecture to enable usage-driven capability are described. We propose two specific applications, a HIP-specific content issue reporting tool and a topic search feature, to demonstrate how usage data can enhance HIP operations and users’ search experience. Based on the demonstrated implementations and empirical analysis, this paper also discusses how usage-driven design can lead to improved service in online health information provision.

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  • Bang Viet Nguyen & Frada Burstein & Julie Fisher, 2015. "Improving service of online health information provision: A case of usage-driven design for health information portals," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 493-511, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:17:y:2015:i:3:d:10.1007_s10796-014-9507-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10796-014-9507-4
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