Consumer Health Informatics
Informing Consumers and Improving Health Care
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Beschreibung
Spurred by the impact consumer health informatics has had on patients
and healthcare providers, this comprehensive volume details all
aspects of this emerging science, namely patient empowerment, patient
to provider communication, ethics, and security and confidentiality.
Edited by five leaders in the field, this book will be an
indispensable tool for medical informaticians, healthcare providers,
professors, and students.
According to the Pew Foundation’s "Internet in American Life Study," over 60 million Americans per year use the Internet to search for health information. All those concerned with healthcare and how to obtain personally relevant medical information form a large additional target group Many Medical Informatics programs–both in the United States and abroad–include a course in Consumer Health Informatics as part of their curriculum. This book, designed for use in a classroom, will be the first textbook dedicated solely to the specific concerns of consumer health informatics Consumer Health Informatics is an interactive text; filled with case studies and discussion questions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Deborah Lewis
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