Yin K, Coiera E, Jung J, Rohilla U, Lau AY. Consumer workarounds during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis and technology implications using the SAMR framework. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2022 Jul 1;29(7):1244-52. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocac061

Consumer workarounds during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis and technology implications using the SAMR framework Objective To understand the nature of health consumer self-management workarounds during the COVID-19 pandemic; to classify these workarounds using the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition (SAMR) framework; and to see how digital tools had assisted these workarounds. Read More.

Coiera E, Yin K, Sharan RV, Akbar S, Vedantam S, Xiong H, Waldie J, Lau AY. Family informatics. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2022 Jul 1;29(7):1310- 5. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocac049

Family informatics While families have a central role in shaping individual choices and behaviors, healthcare largely focuses on treating individuals or supporting self-care. However, a family is also a health unit. We argue that family informatics is a necessary evolution in scope of health informatics. To deal with the needs of individuals, we must ensure technologies account

Rohilla U, Ramarao JP, Lane J, Khatri NN, Smith J, Yin K, Lau AY. How general practitioners and patients discuss type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases concerns during consultations: Implications for digital health. Digital Health. 2023 Jul;9. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231176162

How general practitioners and patients discuss type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases concerns during consultations: Implications for digital health Increasingly, patients are expected to take care of their health outside of medical settings (i.e. self-management).1 Self-management includes the actions taken by individuals to lead a healthy lifestyle, manage their long-term condition and prevent further illness,