TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing the efficacy of healthcare information websites
T2 - a case for the development of a best practice framework
AU - Tieman, Jennifer
AU - Nicholls, Seth
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - Online healthcare information has the potential to improve health outcomes via the widespread, cost-effective translation of research evidence into practice by healthcare professionals and use by consumers. However, comparatively little is known about how healthcare professionals and consumers engage with healthcare websites, or whether the knowledge that is made available through digital platforms is translated into better health outcomes. To realise the potential of such resources, we argue that an evidence-based framework-grounded in a nuanced understanding of how audiences engage with and use information provided by healthcare websites-is needed. The goal of this paper is to outline a case for the development of a best-practice framework that can guide the development of websites that provide healthcare information to clinicians and consumers. In addition to supporting the design of more effective online resources, a common framework for understanding how better health outcomes can be achieved via digital knowledge translation has the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes in the face of a complex, rapidly changing and resource-constrained healthcare landscape.
AB - Online healthcare information has the potential to improve health outcomes via the widespread, cost-effective translation of research evidence into practice by healthcare professionals and use by consumers. However, comparatively little is known about how healthcare professionals and consumers engage with healthcare websites, or whether the knowledge that is made available through digital platforms is translated into better health outcomes. To realise the potential of such resources, we argue that an evidence-based framework-grounded in a nuanced understanding of how audiences engage with and use information provided by healthcare websites-is needed. The goal of this paper is to outline a case for the development of a best-practice framework that can guide the development of websites that provide healthcare information to clinicians and consumers. In addition to supporting the design of more effective online resources, a common framework for understanding how better health outcomes can be achieved via digital knowledge translation has the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes in the face of a complex, rapidly changing and resource-constrained healthcare landscape.
KW - Adult palliative care
KW - Health Education
KW - Health Equity
KW - Public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203338003&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088789
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088789
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39231553
AN - SCOPUS:85203338003
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 14
SP - e088789
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 9
M1 - e088789
ER -