Consumer Access to Personal Health Information for Asthma Self-Management

The Centre for Global eHealth Innovation (UHN) is leading the development of a mobile web
application for asthma self-management on behalf of Ontario Lung Association, in a project
funded by Canada Health Infoway. The internship will involve the research and development
of the user-interface of this novel application, which can be accessed by users via standard
browsers on desktops and laptops to across a range of mobile devices such as smartphones
and tablets. The application aims to enhance collaborative management of asthma between
patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers, by leveraging various electronic resources
and tools for disease management, providing access to personal health information and
asthma care plan information, and allowing collection of user-entered asthma information.
This involves support for various features that allow for personalized management of their
asthma condition. This application will fill in the present void of a technological solution for
asthma self-management and will empower patients to become actively involved in their
treatment plans. It will Significantly benefit….TOBECONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Ron Baecker

Student:

Partner:

Centre for Global eHealth Innovation;TELUS Health Space

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program: