Contemporary Consumer Health Informatics

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wickramasinghe, Nilmini (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Troshani, Indrit (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tan, Joseph (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Health informatics.; Special purpose computers.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Informatics.; Public Health.; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.