Consumer Informatics
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This comprehensive volume explores the evolving fields of consumer informatics and telemedicine as envisioned by the Institute of Medicine in its landmark reports on the electronic medical record, patient safety, and quality care. Each chapter describes the role of computers, technology, and telecommunications as enablers within a specific application focused on the needs of consumers. The applications covered are ones which empower consumers as they seek information, analyze their health care needs, and make decisions about their own health care. Such applications empower professionals in their efforts to serve patients, while increasing the knowledge of the consumer. Richly illustrated with detailed examples, this volume speaks to a wide range of audiences as it addresses issues raised by consumer informatics, the use of technology, research and development effects, and telemedicine. Chapter highlights include: Patient-Centered Communication; Using the Internet Toward Reliable Consumer Health Information; Disease Management and Home Telehealth; and Biothreats and Disaster Management. The book's audience includes all healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators, IT professionals, health informaticians, and students.
Series PrefacePrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributorsSect. ICollaborative HealthwareIntroduction: Care at a Distance3Ch. 1Collaborative Healthware9Ch. 2PatientSite: Patient-Centered Communication, Services, and Access to Information20Ch. 3HeartCare: A Scalable Technological Solution to the Challenges of Posthospitalization Recovery from CABG Surgery33Ch. 4A Clinic in Every Home40Sect. IIResearch and DevelopmentIntroduction: The Impact of the Internet on the Healthcare Consumer's Knowledge Development61Ch. 5PCASSO: Vanguard in Patient Empowerment63Ch. 6Consumer Expectations Demand Client-Focused Technology: So Near, Yet So Far75Ch. 7Steps Toward Reliable Online Consumer Health Information80Sect. IIITelemedicine and TelehealthIntroduction: Telemedicine and Telehealth93Ch. 8Models of Health Care and the Consumer Perspective of Telehealth in the Information Age95Ch. 9The Convergence of Health Promotion and the Internet106Ch. 10Patient Empowerment, Cybermedicine, and Medical Education120Ch. 11Telemedicine Disease Management129Ch. 12The Medical Traveler Abroad: Implications for Telemedicine143Epilogue: Power to the Patient151Index161
