Poroi Feb 2011 Open Access

Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care Through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies

Aimee K. Roundtree ; Aimee Dorsten Wilson College ; John J. Reif University of Pittsburgh

Abstract

As the U.S. population both increases and ages over the next 40 years, the numbers of patients requiring healthcare for both crisis-oriented and chronic conditions will grow in tandem (USHHS, 2009). This growth requires that healthcare practitioners and patients master new methodologies for communicating about care. Among these methodological possibilities are new and social media, such as websites, mobile phone text messaging, interactive websites, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Here, communication and rhetoric of science scholars can help shape the future efficacy of Web 2.0 healthcare communication and the strategies its practitioners use toward patient activation.

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Poroi
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2011-02-01
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10.13008/2151-2957.1081
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