Engineering a virtual community for breast cancer patients
Authors: Arnold, Yvonne1; Daum, Miriam1; Krcmar, Helmut2
Source: International Journal of Web Based Communities, Volume 1, Number 2, 30 January 2005 , pp. 150-162(13)
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Abstract:
There are several challenges in the field of community engineering in the health care domain: to achieve the greatest congruency between the patients' needs and the services of the platform, potential users need to get involved in the development process and an evaluation of the conceptualised product is necessary.Keywords: COMPUTING JOURNALS; Internet and Web Services
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.006060
Affiliations: 1: Information Systems Department (I 17), Technische Universitat Munchen Boltzmannstr. 3, Garching bei Munchen 85748, Germany. 2: Information Systems Department (I 17), Technische Universitat Munchen Boltzmannstr. 3, Garching bei Munchen 85748, Germany

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