Title: Towards evaluating health information portals: a Tasmanian E-health case study

Authors: Gail Ridley, Judy Young

Addresses: School of Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 87, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia. ' School of Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 87, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia

Abstract: This paper investigates the provision of health information for rural residents through a web portal. Approaches to evaluate health portals are applied to a case study, where health information is made available through a portal accessed by rural Tasmanians. The portal was found to be a quality website, from an evaluation of its nature, success and quality.

Keywords: e-health; evaluation; health information; web portals; health portals; quality; success; telecentre; Australia; Tasmania; electronic healthcare; e-healthcare; internet; rural residents; internet.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2006.008698

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2006 Vol.2 No.1, pp.79 - 91

Published online: 16 Jan 2006 *

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