Consumer Health Informatics: New Services, Roles, and Responsibilities - Hardcover
Book 56 of 84: Health Informatics
Synopsis
Regarding longevity and increase of chronic diseases traditional medical care faces tremendous financial and human resource problems. Is self service medicine as follow up of traditional care or as an approach in its own right the answer? Is internet the place where self service medicine takes place? The book distinguishes stages of such an endeavor. It offers an architecture model and client appraisal schemes as tools to design and critically assess consumer health informatics services. Selected examples teach the usage of the tools. Patient safety, legal and ethical appraisal, and business models add to the systematic coverage.
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Review
“This is a valuable and welcome book. ... It will be of interest to anyone working in current health informatics, whether they are health professionals or primarily informaticians working in the health area. ... This book provides a comprehensive look at an important subject and is a welcome addition to the literature. The content is as up to date as it can be in such an evolving field.” (E. P. Hoffer, Computing Reviews, April, 2016)
From the Back Cover
This book reveals health informatics as it applies to the interaction between medicine and patient. It defines the subject and provides a comprehensive discussion of the factors at play.
Consumer Health Informatics represents the most current review of the field. The authors have written a principled account of the subject, discussing opportunities and risks, methods for safety, effectiveness, human comprehension and literacy, and have identified examples underlining the central arguments and illustrating the methods.
“At a time when healthcare worldwide is facing the stress of an aging population and rising costs, many are turning to consumers with the hope that if they can be empowered and engaged in their own care, good outcomes will result. Dr Wetter’s book provides a roadmap for all who believe that technology will play an important role in this redesign of healthcare. This book is both ambitious in scope yet comprehensive and a must read for all who want to practice or understand how our citizens could use information and communication technology to improve their health and the health of their families.” Charles Safran
“Engaging with the consumer to partner with them on their health journey is no longer just a noble idea for health professionals – it is a pragmatic necessity. Technology, when well designed, can make that partnership a powerful and effective one. This book provides a definitive, up to date and rigorous overview of this import
ant, but still emerging field of consumer health informatics.” Enrico Coiera"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
