Document 0552
 DOCN  M9480552
 TI    Use of a home-care computer network by persons with AIDS.
 DT    9410
 AU    Brennan PF; Ripich S; Case Western Reserve University.
 SO    Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1994 Spring;10(2):258-72. Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94307832
 AB    Computer networks serve as convenient, efficient, and enduring vehicles
       for delivering nursing services to patients at home. The ComputerLink, a
       specialized computer network, provided nurse-supervised information,
       decision support, and communication services to home-dwelling persons
       living with AIDS (PWAs). During a 26-week randomized field experiment,
       26 PWAs accessed the ComputerLink on more than 8,664 occasions. The
       communications area was used most often; the public communication area
       functioned like a support group. Multiple behavioral measures of use
       provide a rich picture of how these PWAs, none of whom had had prior
       computer experience, adopted and adapted to this innovative nursing care
       delivery system. Meeting the needs of a rapidly growing and diverse
       population of home-care clients demands that nurses make effective use
       of existing technologies such as cable television and telephone triage
       systems. Computer networks combine the best features of cable television
       and telephone systems--broadcast distribution and interaction;
       therefore, computer networks represent an ideal technology for the
       delivery of certain nursing services to the home.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*NURSING  Adult  Community Health
       Nursing/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  Comparative Study  Computer Communication
       Networks/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/  *UTILIZATION  Delivery of Health
       Care/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/UTILIZATION  Female  Home Care
       Services/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN/UTILIZATION  Human  *HIV-1  Male  Middle
       Age  Random Allocation  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  United States
       User-Computer Interface  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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