Contemporary Consumer Health Informatics

This innovative reference examines how consumer health informatics (CHI) can transform healthcare systems stressed by staffing shortages and budget constraints and challenged by patients taking a more active role in their care. It situates CHI as vital to upgrading healthcare service delivery, detai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Wickramasinghe, Nilmini (Editor ), Troshani, Indrit (Editor ), Tan, Joseph (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age,
Temas:
Medical informatics.
Public health.
Computers, Special purpose.
Health Informatics.
Public Health.
Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Section I: Defining the Discipline
  • What Is Consumer Health Informatics
  • The Landscape
  • Section II: Technologies
  • Remote Monitoring and Mobile Apps
  • Social Media and Web 2.0
  • Personal Health Record
  • Architecture and Infrastructure Requirements
  • Section III: Design
  • Designing for the Consumer
  • Design Methods
  • Section IV: Roles and Responsibilities
  • Connecting with Medical Systems and Healthcare Providers
  • Policy, Public Health, and Economics
  • Quality Control, Security and Privacy
  • Section V: On the Horizon: Perspectives on the Future
  • The Future: Research Issues
  • The Future: Policy and Funding
  • The Future: Research Perspective, Grantor Perspective, Vendor Perspective
  • Epilogue: Lessons, Take Aways and Recommendations
  • Appendix: Case Vignettes.

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