David W McDonald
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Park A, Hartzler A, Huh J, Hsieh G, McDonald D, Pratt W
J Med Internet Res
. 2016 Nov;
18(11):e284.
PMID: 27806924
Background: Patients increasingly use online health communities to exchange health information and peer support. During the progression of health discussions, a change of topic-topic drift-can occur. Topic drift is a...
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Park A, Hartzler A, Huh J, McDonald D, Pratt W
AMIA Annu Symp Proc
. 2016 Mar;
2015:1024-33.
PMID: 26958240
Online health communities provide popular platforms for individuals to exchange psychosocial support and form ties. Although regular active participation (i.e., posting to interact with other members) in online health communities...
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Hartzler A, Taylor M, Park A, Griffiths T, Backonja U, McDonald D, et al.
J Am Med Inform Assoc
. 2016 Feb;
23(3):496-507.
PMID: 26911825
Objective: Online health communities offer a diverse peer support base, yet users can struggle to identify suitable peer mentors as these communities grow. To facilitate mentoring connections, we designed a...
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Park A, Hartzler A, Huh J, McDonald D, Pratt W
J Med Internet Res
. 2015 Sep;
17(8):e212.
PMID: 26323337
Background: The prevalence and value of patient-generated health text are increasing, but processing such text remains problematic. Although existing biomedical natural language processing (NLP) tools are appealing, most were developed...
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Hartzler A, McDonald D, Park A, Huh J, Weaver C, Pratt W
AMIA Annu Symp Proc
. 2015 May;
2014:626-35.
PMID: 25954368
Patient-generated health data (PGHD) offers a promising resource for shaping patient care, self-management, population health, and health policy. Although emerging technologies bolster opportunities to extract PGHD and profile the needs...
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Hekler E, Dubey G, McDonald D, Poole E, Li V, Eikey E
J Med Internet Res
. 2014 Dec;
16(12):e254.
PMID: 25513997
Background: There is increasing interest in the use of online forums as a component of eHealth weight loss interventions. Although the research is mixed on the utility of online forums...
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Huh J, McDonald D, Hartzler A, Pratt W
AMIA Annu Symp Proc
. 2014 Feb;
2013:627-36.
PMID: 24551364
An increasing number of people visit online health communities to share experiences and seek health information. Although studies have enumerated reasons for patients' visits to online communities for health information...
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Toscos T, Consolvo S, McDonald D
J Med Syst
. 2011 Apr;
35(5):1225-42.
PMID: 21526331
The importance of regular physical activity to overall health has been well established, yet adults in the United States are leading increasingly sedentary lives. Research suggests that lowering perceived barriers...
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Civan-Hartzler A, McDonald D, Powell C, Skeels M, Mukai M, Pratt W
Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst
. 2011 Jan;
2010:1675-1684.
PMID: 21243114
Managing personal aspects of health is challenging for many patients, particularly those facing a serious condition such as cancer. Finding experienced patients, who can share their knowledge from managing a...
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Civan A, McDonald D, Unruh K, Pratt W
GROUP ACM SIGCHI Int Conf Support Group Work
. 2010 Oct;
2009:291-300.
PMID: 20953244
Coping with a new health issue often requires individuals to acquire knowledge and skills to manage personal health. Many patients turn to one another for experiential expertise outside the formal...