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CSCW
2012
ACM
12 years 4 months ago
To stay or leave?: the relationship of emotional and informational support to commitment in online health support groups
Today many people with serious diseases use online support groups to seek social support. For these groups to be sustained and effective, member retention and commitment is import...
Yi-Chia Wang, Robert Kraut, John M. Levine
HICSS
2003
IEEE
132views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
14 years 1 months ago
Establishing a Contact Centre for Public Health Care
A growing part of population is used to performing transactions on-line via the Internet, even in relationships to authorities. Not even the health care sector can escape this tre...
Reima Suomi, Jarmo Tähkäpää
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Supporting medical communication with a multimodal surface computer
This research explores the utility of a multimodal surface computer for supporting medical communication between older adults and health care providers. Research involves a field ...
Anne Marie Piper
ETS
2000
IEEE
126views Hardware» more  ETS 2000»
13 years 8 months ago
Different (Key)strokes for Different Folks: Designing online venues for professional communities
Educational on-line resources are expanding in their application beyond delivering courses to providing venues in which members of professional communities of practice meet to exc...
Liwana S. Bringelson, Tom Carey