Consumer Health Informatics Informing Consumers and Improving Health Care

Name: Consumer Health Informatics Informing Consumers and Improving Health Care
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ISBN: 9780387239910

ISBN-10: 038723991X

ISBN-13: 9780387239910

Edition: 2005

Authors: Deborah Lewis, Gunther Eysenbach, Rita Kukafka, P. Zoe Stavri, Holly B. Jimison

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Edited by five leaders in the field of health informatics, Consumer Health Informatics explores all aspects of this evolving science. This comprehensive volume will be an indispensable tool for both professionals and students as it details the broad scope of consumer health informatics and its impact on today's progressive and ever-changing world of health care. The inclusion of several case studies serves to examine pertinent topics, namely computer-based information for cancer; National Library of Medicine initiatives; and web-based patient preferences and utilities. Designed for use by medical IT specialists, physicians, nurses, healthcare providers, and professors and students of…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 3/22/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 258
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 1.100

Deborah Shaw Lewis is the author or coauthor of eighteen books including Motherhood Stress, the New York Times bestseller Seven From Heaven and Mother in the Middle.Debi is also and educator and speaker on motherhood and family issues, and holds a Masters degree in early childhood development.



Foreword



Series Preface


Preface


Acknowledgments


Contributors



Consumer Health Informatics




Empowered Consumers




Tailored Health Communication




Design and Evaluation of Consumer Health Information Web Sites




Information Delivery Methods




Delivery of Online Learning for Healthcare Consumers




Qualitative Evaluation in Consumer Health Informatics




Patient-to-Patient Communication: Support Groups and Virtual Communities




Electronic Patient-Centered Communication: E-Mail and Other E-Ways to Communicate Clinically




Consumer Health Vocabulary




Disability Informatics




Ethical Issues in Consumer Health Informatics




Social Informatics and Consumer Health




Security of Healthcare Information Systems




The National Library of Medicine Reaches Out to Consumers




Baby CareLink: Collaborative Tools to Support Families




Choices: Patients as Participants in Shared Care Planning at the Point of Care




MedCertain/MedCircle: Using Semantic Web Technologies for Quality Management of Health Information on the Web




The MI-Heart Project




Chess: 10 Years of Research and Development in Consumer Health Informatics for Broad Populations, Including the Underserved



Index