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12-17-2013

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Information technology (IT) is enabling better healthcare delivery and care. However, the role of IT in managing chronic diseases is still unclear. Chronic diseases are a challenge today, accounting for a huge cost burden in the United States. This article is focused on addressing the research question that how digital integration can play a role in enhancing patients’ psychological empowerment to manage a chronic disease. Based on existing literature, we develop a conceptual research model that provides antecedents and consequences of psychological empowerment for chronic disease treatment, and suggest a mediating role of digital integration through three tenets of digitization, mobilization and personalization. We develop a set of propositions based on the research model, and suggest a set of measurable constructs to test the propositions. A research methodology is introduced with a plan for the empirical analysis. Contributions and implications of this study are discussed

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Psychological Empowerment of Patients with Chronic Diseases: The Role of Digital Integration

Information technology (IT) is enabling better healthcare delivery and care. However, the role of IT in managing chronic diseases is still unclear. Chronic diseases are a challenge today, accounting for a huge cost burden in the United States. This article is focused on addressing the research question that how digital integration can play a role in enhancing patients’ psychological empowerment to manage a chronic disease. Based on existing literature, we develop a conceptual research model that provides antecedents and consequences of psychological empowerment for chronic disease treatment, and suggest a mediating role of digital integration through three tenets of digitization, mobilization and personalization. We develop a set of propositions based on the research model, and suggest a set of measurable constructs to test the propositions. A research methodology is introduced with a plan for the empirical analysis. Contributions and implications of this study are discussed