Quantifying the Quantified Self: A Study on the Motivations of Patients to Track Their Own Health
@inproceedings{Gimpel2013QuantifyingTQ, title={Quantifying the Quantified Self: A Study on the Motivations of Patients to Track Their Own Health}, author={Henner Gimpel and M. Ni{\ss}en and Roland A. G{\"o}rlitz}, booktitle={International Conference on Interaction Sciences}, year={2013} }
A new generation of patient-driven healthcare information systems (HIS) is emerging to advance traditional healthcare services and empower patient self-responsibility. Professional approaches to develop or improve HIS exist alongside evolving individual and community-shared approaches where patients take responsibility for their health data and health. Health Social Networks and the Quantified Self community are examples for such patient-driven initiatives. They inherently focus on empowering…
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