Consumer health informatics

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Consumer health informatics (CHI) is a sub-branch of health informatics that helps bridge the gap between patients and health resources. It is defined by the American Medical Informatics Association as "the field devoted to informatics from multiple consumer or patient views". The Consumer Health Informatics Working Group (CHIWG) of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) define it as "the use of modern computers and telecommunications to support consumers in obtaining information, analyzing unique health care needs and helping them make decisions about their own health".[1]

Scope

CHI includes patient-focused informatics,

communication science.[2][3]

Consumer health informatics include technologies focused on patients as the primary users to health information.

videoconferencing, and telepresence. The Kaiser model[further explanation needed] is an example of allowing patients to remotely communicate with their physicians or other healthcare professionals.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ IMIA, CHIWG. "Consumer Health Informatics". IMIA. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7251.1713 (Published 24 June 2000)[full citation needed
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  3. ^ American Medical Informatics Association. "Consumer Health Informatics", Bethesda, Maryland 2014. Retrieved on 20 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b Biomedical Informatics by Shortliffe and Cimino (3rd Edition)[full citation needed]
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