Patient and healthcare professional eHealth literacy and needs for systemic sclerosis support: a mixed methods study.
Agnes KocherMichael SimonAndrew A DwyerCatherine BlatterJasmina BogdanovicPatrizia Künzler-HeulePeter M VilligerDiana DanOliver DistlerUlrich A WalkerDunja NiccaPublished in: RMD open (2021)
Patients and professionals need education/training to support uptake of eHealth resources. Key elements include guiding patients to timely/reliable information and using eHealth to optimise patient-provider communication. Design that is responsive to end-users' needs and considers individuals with limited eHealth literacy and/or ICT access appears to be critical for acceptability.