Robert Varnam

Committed to the Open Source Movement in Healthcare

Established
16 October 1998

added 09 March 2006

Dr Robert Varnam

General Practitioner (Family Physician), Research Assistant
Institution: School of Primary Care & National Primary Care R&D Centre, University of Manchester, UK

Personal interest in the use of digital technology

Interest in helping health consumers (my own patients) access high quality health information, to aid shared decision-making in primary healthcare.

Current Interests:

Research assistant, beginning project (January 2000) to offer web access to patients of an inner city general practice in UK.

Examining issues of usability of the web and health information on the web, to consumers with little or no experience of computers, generally poor literacy, and little experience of being "consumers".

Rating value of health information on web - defined by quality and utility of information in practical settings, for both professionals and consumers.

Provision of web access to deprived populations