A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study

Ruta Valaitis   ¹ , BScN, MSc, PhD ;   Laura Cleghorn   ² , MA ;   Ivaylo Vassilev   ³ , PhD ;   Anne Rogers   ³ , SRN, PhD ;   Jenny Ploeg   ¹ , BScN, MScN, PhD ;   Anita Kothari   ⁴ , PhD ;   Cathy Risdon   ² , MD, DMan, CCFP, FCFP ;   James Gillett   ⁵ , PhD ;   Dale Guenter   ² , MD, MPH, CCFP, FCFP ;   Lisa Dolovich   ² , BScPhm, PharmD, MSc

¹ School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

² Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

³ School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

⁴ School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON, Canada

⁵ Health Aging and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada