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RPV_Final_Evaluation_Report1.jpgRenal Patient View: A system which provides patients online access to their test results. Final report

February 2012

A comprehensive evaluation of Renal Patient View, designed to increase understanding of how patients and healthcare professionals perceive this model of data access, and its impact on patient participation in decisions about their own health and their capacity to self care.


HowtoguideRPVuptakeTJKG1.jpgHow to Guide: Encouraging patients to use Renal Patient View

This guide looks at how one unit successfully increased the uptake of Renal Patient View by identifying the barriers that prevented patients using the system, and finding ways to overcome them.


Videoplayerplaceholder.jpgPodcast: Renal Patient View - the user’s perspective

Akram El Gabry, a home haemodialysis patient, describes how Renal Patient View helps him manage his condition.


powerpoint_logo.jpgRPV launch event

Key Themes from the Evaluation of Renal PatientView.

Presented by Grace Sweeney, PhD, Head of Evaluation & Research, NHS Kidney Care.


RPVEvaluationPhase1report1ii.jpgEvaluation of the new features of Renal Patient View: Phase 1 report

September 2011

Report of the first phase of the Renal Patient View evaluation, which includes results of analysis of web analytics data and thematic analysis of online forum entries


DUKPoster2012RPVFINAL.jpgProviding patients with online access to their live test results: an evaluation of usage and usefulness (PDF 2.42MB)

Poster presented at Diabetes UK 2012. Authors: Felix Mukoro, Grace Sweeney and Beverley Matthews.

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