Value Added: needs, motivations, hopes and fears of Argentine patients about the development of their personal health records

MAURO, ALEJANDRO; BAUM, ANALÍA J.; GALARZA, CARLOS; OTERO, PAULA; LUNA, DANIEL R.; GONZÁLEZ, B. DE QUIRÓS F.

Congreso; 12th World Congress on Health Informatics MEDINFO 2007; 2007

The objective of the present work was to evaluate the needs, motivations, hopes and fears of argentine patients for a patient-centred personal health record development. Using inquiry methods and paper prototyping, we evaluated the different types of needs of 23 patients who were invited to take part in this study. Investigators grouped patients' needs into 11 categories. The meeting with final users developed a clear shared vision of the purpose of the product and brought new insight and clarity concerning the informatics needs of health consumers. The Group Discussion technique permits that, at very early stages of the development process, users' needs can be perceived and that this, conducted before the stage of initial design, results in high performance and low costs.