Healthmark Multimedia Launches Evaluation Of Web Site For Persons With Osteoarthritis

A personalized Stages of Change web site helps persons with osteoarthritis self-manage their disease

(PRWEB) May 12, 2004 -- HealthMark Multimedia has completed a prototype web site for persons with osteoarthritis, My Arthritis Manager. This web site uses the well-tested Stages of Change model for behavior change to help users incorporate self-management of osteoarthritis into their daily lives. The site, www.myarthritismanager.com, was developed with funding from the National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases. The web site has interactive tools and graphic, text and audio information about self-management of osteoarthritis.

As part of an ongoing corporate strategy, HealthMark is conducting a national evaluation of the prototype web site. This evaluation will entail use of the prototype by 100 people, over the age of 35 with osteoarthritis. Each person will use the site for one month and give feedback.

Persons with osteoarthritis who are interested in participating should go to www.HealthMarkMultimedia.com, Web Site Testers Needed". They will be directed to a short survey and then to the testing web site. After 1 month, each participant will be emailed a link to a posttest to give feedback on what they liked and disliked about the site. Once a posttest questionnaire is complete, the participant will be entered into a drawing to win one of four $250 prizes. This evaluation will close after 100 participants have completed the posttest.

About HealthMark Multimedia
A certified woman-owned small business, HealthMark Multimedia's goal is to provide comprehensive, balanced health information that is medically accurate, yet easy to understand and apply to making informed health decisions. These products are unique in combining rich audio-visual and interactive elements. The benefit of this unique combination is a more personalized resource, with a human face, that is reassuring to patients and aids in assimilation. The company's unique and dynamic product development process includes input from medical experts and end-users, such as patients and their family members and friends, to ensure that information is accurate, relevant and useful. This is accomplished through medical expert reviews, usability testing, focus groups and effectiveness testing.