Abstract Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) means different things to patients, health
professionals, and health care systems. A broader perspective on this new and rapidly …

After reading this chapter, you should know the answers to these questions: What is the
central tenet of consumer health informatics? What are the issues that biomedical …

Objectives: Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) is a rapidly growing domain within the field of
biomedical and health informatics. The objective of this paper is to reflect on the past twenty …

Consumer health informatics has been defined by Gunther Eysenbach as “the branch of
medical informatics that analyses consumers' needs for information; studies and implements …

Advances in information technology have signified a shift from institution-centric systems to
patient-or consumer-centric ones that support not only disease management but also …

Edited by five leaders in the field of health informatics, Consumer Health Informatics
explores all aspects of this evolving science. This comprehensive volume will be an …

This innovative reference examines how consumer health informatics (CHI) can transform
healthcare systems stressed by staffing shortages and budget constraints and challenged by …

BACKGROUND: Although interest in Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) has increased, a
consensus definition of CHI does not yet exist. PURPOSE: To conduct a hypothesis …

The role of people and their caregivers in the healthcare system has greatly expanded in the
past two decades, and continues to expand, making more pervasive the impact of …

Providers base their care decisions on information received from the patient, such as vital
signs, symptoms, medical allergies, laboratory results, and a variety of other types of data …