Laura Kneale

University of Washington | UW · Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics

Introduction Many patients use mobile devices to track health conditions by recording patient-generated health data. However, patients and clinicians may disagree how to use these data. Objective To systematically review the literature to identify how patient-generated health data and patient-reported outcomes collected outside of clinical setting...

Objective: Our objective was to understand the perceived impact of Washington State’s upgraded training and certification requirements of long-term care workers providing personal care services from the perspectives of consumers and home care aides. Methods: We applied conventional qualitative content analysis to semi-structured interviews with 17...

Purpose: To explore the social impact of, comfort with, and negative attitudes towards robots among young, middle-aged, and older adults in the United States. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional. Conducted in 2014-2015 in an urban area of the western United States using a purposive sample of adults 18 years of age or older. Methods: Responden...

Objective: Using heuristics to evaluate user experience is a common methodology for human-computer interaction studies. One challenge of this method is the inability to tailor results towards specific end-user needs. This manuscript reports on a method that uses validated scenarios and personas of older adults and care team members to enhance heur...

Strength and balance exercise reduces fall risk in older adults (OAs), but low adherence is a key barrier to realizing the benefits of an exercise routine. We partnered with a smart-phone application manufacturer to test the feasibility and effectiveness of Wellpepper, an application designed to improve adherence to physical therapy-based (PT) exer...

Background: Older adults are not adopting personal health records (PHRs) at the same rates as other adult populations. Disparities in adoption rates are also reported in older adult subgroups. The variability in adoption may be because PHRs are not designed to meet older adult users. Objective: We analyzed PHR evaluation studies to examine the cha...

Background: Home health nurses and clients experience unmet information needs when transitioning from hospital to home health. Personal health records (PHRs) support consumer-centered information management activities. Previous work has assessed PHRs associated with healthcare providers, but these systems leave home health nurses unable to access...

There is a growing international focus on patient- centered care. A model designed to facilitate this type of care in the primary care setting is the patient-centered medical home. This model of care strives to be patient-focused, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety of care. The objective of this pa...

A third of adults over the age of 65 are estimated to fall at least once a year. Perhaps as dangerous as the fall itself is the time spent after a fall if the person is unable to move. Although there are many devices available to detect when a person has fallen, little is known about the opinions of older adults regarding these fall detection devic...