Towards evaluating health information portals: a Tasmanian E-health case study.

Full Abstract

This paper investigates the provision of health information for rural residents through a web portal. Approaches to evaluate health portals are applied to a case study, where health information is made available through a portal accessed by rural Tasmanians. The portal was found to be a quality website, from an evaluation of its nature, success and quality.

Author information

Author/s: Ridley, Gail (G); Young, Judy (J);

Affiliation: School of Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 87, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia. Gail.Ridley(-atsign-)utas.edu.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article

Journal: International journal of electronic healthcare (Int J Electron Healthc), published in Switzerland. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 2 (issue 1) : pp 79-91

Dates: Created 2007/11/30; Completed 2008/01/02;

PMID: 18048236, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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