Classification of Patient Portals Described in Evaluation Studies Using the TOPCOP Taxonomy

Leb I, Magnin S, Boeker M, Prokosch HU, Ammenwerth E, Glöggler M (2022)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2022

Edited Volumes: Healthcare of the Future 2022

Series: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Book Volume: 292

Pages Range: 28-33

ISBN: 978-1-64368-281-5

DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220315

Abstract

Many patient portals have been introduced and evaluated in recent years. The results of evaluation studies are difficult to compare, however, as the evaluated patient portal is often not clearly or only incompletely described in the publication. This problem is common to evaluations in health informatics. We evaluated the completeness of descriptions of patient portals in 15 exemplary evaluation publications using the TOPCOP taxonomy. Our results show that core functionalities such as portal design, patient communication, educational features, or system notifications were quite clearly described in all 15 evaluation studies. Other descriptions, such as web accessibility or data management, were often not provided. We conclude that taxonomies such as TOPCOP should be used and even required for describing interventions in evaluation papers.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ines Leb Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Informatik Hans-Ulrich Prokosch Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Informatik

Involved external institutions

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik GmbH AT Austria (AT)

How to cite

APA:

Leb, I., Magnin, S., Boeker, M., Prokosch, H.-U., Ammenwerth, E., & Glöggler, M. (2022). Classification of Patient Portals Described in Evaluation Studies Using the TOPCOP Taxonomy. In Thomas Bürkle, Kerstin Denecke, Jürgen Holm, Murat Sariyar, Michael Lehmann (Eds.), Healthcare of the Future 2022. (pp. 28-33).

MLA:

Leb, Ines, et al. "Classification of Patient Portals Described in Evaluation Studies Using the TOPCOP Taxonomy." Healthcare of the Future 2022. Ed. Thomas Bürkle, Kerstin Denecke, Jürgen Holm, Murat Sariyar, Michael Lehmann, 2022. 28-33.

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