We apologise for cross-postings. The deadline for our workshop at HCI 2011 has been extended to 13th of May, 2011 iPEx Workshop on Online Patient Experience and its Role in E-health Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK - 5th July 2011 - at the 25th Human Computer Interaction conference (HCI2011) Organisers Sue Ziebland Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford Pamela Briggs School of Life Sciences, Northumbria University John Powell Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Call for papers Overview of the Workshop The Internet has an important role in the provision of reliable, relevant and timely health information for the public and patients. Traditionally, authoritative health information has been based on facts and figures, not the experiences of patients. However the rise of patient-generated content on the Internet, in the form of online patient experiences (PEx) has changed the landscape of health decision-making. Online PEx can have both positive and negative influences - PEx can enhance social support, and facilitate adjustment to an illness but can also raise anxiety levels and in an unmoderated format can deliver very powerful but misleading messages. PEx is important for researchers and e-health designers alike and in this workshop we seek to bring the new PEx community together to share new approaches and findings. We are inviting 2-4 page papers for consideration for this workshop. Submissions should be sent to Dr. Phoenix Mo (phoenix.mo@northumbria.ac.uk), by the 13th May 2011. For full workshop details see https://sites.google.com/site/opex2011/ The iPEx programme presents independent research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research funding scheme (RP-PG-0608-10147). The views expressed in this programme are those of the author(s), representing iPEx, and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.