Question 1) How likely are you to sign up for texts and/or email services designed to help you reach particular health goals, such as eating better, working out more, or quitting smoking? Why? What aspects of these programs do you find most appealing (e.g., encouraging messages, online options to track your improvement, personal coaching, helpful hints, and so on)? What aspects, if any, do you find unappealing?

Question 2) Do you think it is mostly a good idea or a bad idea for people to use mobile apps that diagnose their health conditions and suggest a course of action? Why?

Question 3) Describe some of the most common reasons people seek health information online and the factors that might discourage them from doing so. Your answer should integrate the following terms and theories: information sufficiency threshold, the health information acquisition model, the Theory of Motivated Information Management, and the Integrative Model of Online Health Information Seeking.

Question 4) How does uses and gratifications theory help to explain Health behavior? Give an example from your own experience.

Question 5) Imagine that you are miserable with a head cold. For what reasons, if any, might you seek information online? If you have the option, would you like to have a phone conversation or an email exchange with a health care provider, or would you rather meet with that person face to face? Why?

Question 6) Have you ever used a patient portal? If so, what was your experience like? Did you find it easy or hard to use? Why? If you could design a patient portal, what features would it include?

Question 7) How concerned are you about your medical records being breached? Are you worried about health information stored on your mobile devices being compromised? List some of the ramifications of your health information being made public. What steps can you take to help safeguard your health information?

Question 8) Imagine that you are the manager of a small, suburban medical practice. Your staff is considering adopting an electronic medical record system as well as offering telehealth services. Are you for or against an electronic medical records system?What, if any, telehealth services do you believe a small medical practice like yours should offer patients? Prepare a list of pros and cons of electronic records and telehealth to share with the staff.