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- Title
Exploring patient reactions to pen-tablet computers: a report from CaReNet.
- Authors
Main, Deborah S.; Quintela, Javan; Araya-Guerra, Rodrigo; Holcomb, Sherry; Pace, Wilson D.
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>We wanted to study patient receptivity to using pen-tablet computers for collecting data in a practice-based research network.<bold>Methods: </bold>We analyzed exit interviews and field notes collected by trained research assistants as part of a larger Colorado Research Network (CaReNet) study comparing pen-tablet and paper-pencil methods to collect data for the Primary Care Network Survey (PRINS).<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 168 patients completed a patient exit interview after completion of the pen-tablet-based survey instrument. Analyses of these brief interviews and field notes indicated that patients had favorable reactions to using pen-tablet computers. The most common barriers were related to glitches in the technology; the voice recognition software was the most problematic, with patients (as well as clinicians) finding this feature to be frustrating.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Patients were able and willing to use pen-tablet computers for completing forms within busy primary care offices. Increasing patient involvement in practice-based research may be even more practicable through the use of this novel technology, which can allow patient-directed data collection at a single point in time as well as longitudinally.
- Subjects
COLORADO; MEDICAL care research; COMPUTER networks; MEDICAL practice; INFORMATION services; MEDICAL care surveys; HEALTH behavior
- Publication
Annals of Family Medicine, 2004, Vol 2, Issue 5, p421
- ISSN
1544-1709
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1370/afm.92