"You Get Reminded You're a Sick Person": Personal Data Tracking and Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions

• Main Authors: Ancker, Jessica S (Author), Witteman, Holly O (Author), Hafeez, Baria (Author), Provencher, Thierry (Author), Van de Graaf, Mary (Author), Wei, Esther (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundConsumer health information technologies (HIT) that encourage self-tracking, such as diet and fitness tracking apps and disease journals, are attracting widespread interest among technology-oriented consumers (such as "quantified self" advocates), entrepreneurs, and the health ca...