Outlet Title
49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
The knowledge-intensive nature of healthcare enables health literacy playing a key role on the quality of healthcare. This study aims at understanding the factors that affect the effectiveness of health knowledge transfer in online healthcare communities. The findings can be used as guidelines for the development and management of the online healthcare communities to improve user experience, and to provide a means to disseminate healthcare information, to enhance healthcare education, and to facilitate a wide range of interactions between patients and healthcare delivery system.
Recommended Citation
Shang, Yanyan and Liu, Jun, "Health Literacy: Exploring Health Knowledge Transfer in Online Healthcare Communities" (2016). Research & Publications. 386.
https://scholar.dsu.edu/bispapers/386