Endorsed by:
Association of
Breast Surgery
Association of
Breast Surgery
Information providers
Institute for innovation
& improvement
Liverpool John Moores University
Independent evaluation shows that mihealth improves the cancer patient experience
Interview with Michael Mair, MA, MSc - Health Researcher
"One of the great things about mihealth is it takes a set of things that everyone does, common sense ways of finding information and using information and puts it into a resource for people to use. Video courtesy of LJMULiverpool University independent evaluation
- a user-oriented approach
The School of Population, Community and Behavioural Sciences at
Liverpool University have evaluated the success of mihealth
in supporting NHS patients at Royal Liverpool Hospital and the
Royal Victoria Infirmary in
Newcastle.
Drawing on work in philosophy, sociology and anthropology, the research team have taken a user-oriented approach that aims to document the ways in which breast cancer patients, in conjunction with friends, carers and family, access and utilise information technology in the course of their daily lives. | The School of Population, Community and Behavioural Sciences
Strengths of mihealth
. Provides a patient’s eye view of the treatment process.. Enables patients to become active partners in their healthcare.
. Complements face-to-face interactions.
. Supports patients coping and decision-making strategies.
. Supports the needs of family, friends and carers.
. Easy to use and navigate.
. Does not require a high level of IT literacy.
'mihealth' Newcastle - 2008
“Building on the success of ‘mihealth Liverpool’ this report outlines the findings from a second pilot study which has assessed mihealth’s effectiveness in another regional site. The report describes the process of developing mihealth Newcastle and its evaluation from the perspective of patients attending the Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI).” Evaluation report - 'mihealth' Newcastle - Executive summary | Download'mihealth' Liverpool - 2006
Evaluation report - "Assessing the effectiveness of new health information and communication technology in providing support to patients with breast cancer receiving treatment with Liverpool NHS".Picker Institute - Health Expectations - book review
Book review - 'mihealth Liverpool'Helen Magee, Senior Research Associate, The Picker Institute, Oxford, UK
2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Health Expectations, 10, pp.419–421
Health Information on the Internet - journal review
Article - 'mihealth'; understanding local contexts of use in HICT's for breast cancerAs short article referring to the independent evaluation of mihealth published in edition 54 of Health Information on the Internet in December 2006.