11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Benefits and Costs of Patient Generated Data, From the Clinician’s and Patient’s Perspective

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/3154862.3154920,
        author={Heleen Rutjes and Martijn C. Willemsen and Janne Kollenburg and Sander Bogers and Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn},
        title={Benefits and Costs of Patient Generated Data, From the Clinician’s and Patient’s Perspective},
        proceedings={11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
        year={2018},
        month={1},
        keywords={patient-generated data personal health records patient-physician relationship health care professional data science data visualization quantified self},
        doi={10.1145/3154862.3154920}
    }
    
  • Heleen Rutjes
    Martijn C. Willemsen
    Janne Kollenburg
    Sander Bogers
    Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn
    Year: 2018
    Benefits and Costs of Patient Generated Data, From the Clinician’s and Patient’s Perspective
    PERVASIVEHEALTH
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/3154862.3154920
Heleen Rutjes1,*, Martijn C. Willemsen1, Janne Kollenburg2, Sander Bogers1, Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn1
  • 1: Eindhoven University of Technology
  • 2: Philips Design
*Contact email: h.rutjes@tue.nl

Abstract

In the relation between patient and clinician, communication is a central aspect. In this short paper, we conceptualize patient-generated data (PGD) as a means of communication. We present a case study in which we explore the experiences of clinicians and patients with PGD. We identify and discuss some real-world trade-offs in using PGD both effectively and meaningfully in clinical practice. Our key finding is that data collection and sharing is about a lot more than the data itself, and that a process of collective meaning making is required to focus on clinically relevant information, and to ground the communication in a sufficiently shared understanding of the subjective experiences associated with objective data points.