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Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 Dec;980:225-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04899.x.

Designing a patient education framework via use case analysis.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

John David N Dionisio, Alexander A T Bui, David Johnson, Lynn L Thompson, Usha Sinha

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  1. Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, 90024, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 12594092 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04899.x

Abstract

One of the challenges of developing patient education content in electronic form is to determine the information and interaction needs that motivate a patient to learn in the first place. We have found that use case analysis of patient education helps in clarifying the types of information and interaction required to educate a patient effectively. This paper presents a use case model for patient education as well as a Java-based framework that facilitates both the extension and updating of individually tailored, electronic patient education content. The framework defines an abstract interface that represents a particular panel of information, and provides a content manager that dynamically discovers and refreshes new panels as they are added or modified.

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