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ConferencesPrivacy settings prevent us from displaying this information. Accepted AbstractsMedicine 2.0'14 Summit & World Congress (Maui, Hawaii, USA)The Delivery of Global Cardiovascular Risk by Virtual Humans: Effects on Intent to Adhere to Lifestyle Change. Background: Communicating patients their numerical estimates of cardiovascular risk can encourage risk reduction actions. Cardiovascular risk (CVR) reduction entails a set of healthy behaviors and as such may be amenable to persuasion. Virtual humans (avatars) may enhance the ability of the CVR reduction message to improve persuasion and contribute to better knowledge and persistent adherence to healthy behaviors. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of a computer-based aid co... Investigating Barriers to Effective Use by Patients of the VA’s Personal Health Record Background. Personal Health Records (PHRs) are computer applications that contain a variety of tools designed to help patients access, track, understand, and manage their healthcare information. My HealtheVet (MHV), the Veterans Administration’s (VA) patient portal, enables veterans who have completed an authentication process to access their medical information online as well as an array of powerful health-management tools. For example, within the Track Health function (THF) of MHV, one ... Published WithThis user's work may be related toPrivacy settings prevent us from displaying this information. |
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