Table 3 An overview of potential eHealth services and functionalities
Patients’ information needs | Potential eHealth services | Required functionalities |
|---|---|---|
An overview of past events | My discharge notes | Recordings of the discharge meeting |
Translation of medical terms/statements to plain language | ||
An overview of planned events | My calendar | Planned/booked appointments with care professionals |
Care professionals who should contact me | ||
Sharing calendar with the next-of-kin | ||
Reminders about appointments | ||
My referrals | Current status of referrals sent to different care providers | |
An overview of health related information | My health information | Access to information from electronic health record system in an understandable way |
Diagnosis | ||
Lab results | ||
Visualisation of my progress over time | ||
Information about my current and resolved health problems, as well as common problems that may occur | ||
Reminders about preventive actions | ||
My medication | An overview of my current medications and possible drug interactions | |
A description of my medication and possible side effects | ||
Reminders about renewal of my prescription | ||
Reminders about the last date I can get my medication from pharmacy | ||
Links to existing resources such as national online medication and treatment guidelines resources (in Sweden 1177 and Pharmaceutical specialities in Sweden) | ||
An overview of risk factors and disabilities | My risk factors | A list of my risk factors |
Preventive actions | ||
Reminders about my preventive actions | ||
My disabilities | A list of my earlier, resolved disabilities | |
An understandable description of my current disabilities | ||
An overview of care providers’ contact information, their specialities and responsibilities | My caregivers | My current caregivers |
Parameters for choosing care provider (e.g. specialisation, cost, geographic location, patient reviews) | ||
Links to different care providers centres websites | ||
Patient assessments/reviews of primary care centres regarding stroke care | ||
An overview of neurology teams and other care professionals who are experts in stroke | ||
Measurement and documentation of health related parameters | My diary | My personal observations |
My health condition in relation to my medication | ||
Self-monitoring of e.g. weight, blood pressure | ||
Support for sharing of personal observations | Surveys/questionnaires to facilitate documentation of health condition and mood history | |
Sharing information with care professionals e.g. before a revisit | ||
An overview of the goals and planned activities | My rehabilitation | Tools for defining goals, activities and follow up efforts |
Rights and responsibilities regarding e.g. continued rehabilitation, assistive devices and health insurance | My rights & my responsibilities | Access to information about the healthcare guarantee (care within a certain period of time) |
Support for choice of caregivers that suit the patient’s need better | ||
My assistive devices | A list of available tools | |
Devices that I have been granted | ||
Private alternatives for purchase of assistive devices | ||
My insurances | General information about insurance companies | |
Reminder about obtaining insurance | ||
An overview of patients associations and social networks | My patient organisations and support associations | A list of available patient organisations and support associations |
Link to stroke patient associations | ||
Access to social networks |