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Medical Devices 4 U: Website of Medical Devices to Bridge Patient/Doctor Understanding
Description
A great deal of research has been done on communication barriers between patient and doctor, but due to the complexity of the relationship, little successful solutions have been suggested to bridge interdisciplinary communication between the two persons. This project explores a solution to aid both patient and doctor as they seek to communicate with each other regarding the patient's prognosis and treatment with a medical device. By creating a website, the information found therein can be accessed in the doctor's office by using a smartphone or tablet so that both patient and doctor can use it as a resource before, during, and after a doctor's visit. The website, Medical Devices 4 U (MD4U), gives background information on a large selection of medical devices, allows primary sources to share their information with potential consumers of the medical device, permits users to ask questions and comment on other user's comments, and gives a list of questions that a patient can ask a healthcare professional during a doctor's visit. In this report, the nature of doctor and patient communication is exposed and the steps taken to alleviate the communication barriers by way of creating a website are explained.
Date Created
2013-05
Contributors
- Halls, Sarah Koy (Author)
- Spano, Mark (Thesis director)
- Garcia, Antonio (Committee member)
- Brandon, Tedd (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- Harrington Bioengineering Program (Contributor)
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27 pages
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2012-2013
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17217
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minimal
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- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 2 years 8 months ago
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