Overview

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.

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Author:   Rosemary Nelson ,  Marion J. Ball
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2004 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9780387404141

ISBN 10:   0387404147
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   08 January 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Collaborative Healthware.- 2 PatientSite: Patient-Centered Communication, Services, and Access to Information.- 3 HeartCare: A Scalable Technological Solution to the Challenges of Posthospitalization Recovery from CABG Surgery.- 4 A Clinic in Every Home.- 5 PCASSO: Vanguard in Patient Empowerment.- 6 Consumer Expectations Demand Client-Focused Technology: So Near, Yet So Far.- 7 Steps Toward Reliable Online Consumer Health Information.- 8 Models of Health Care and the Consumer Perspective of Telehealth in the Information Age.- 9 The Convergence of Health Promotion and the Internet.- 10 Patient Empowerment, Cybermedicine, and Medical Education.- 11 Telemedicine in Disease Management.- 12 The Medical Traveler Abroad: Implications for Telemedicine.- Epilogue Power to the Patient.

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