Title: Health informatics : a patient-centered approach to diabetes /
Authors: Hayes, Barbara M., 1955-; Aspray, William
Publisher: MIT Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Patient Education as Topic; Medical Informatics methods; Diabetes Mellitus therapy; Diabetes Data processing.; Medical informatics
Abstract: In this work, experts in technology, joined by clinicians, use diabetes - a costly, complex, and widespread disease that involves nearly every facet of the health care system - to examine the challenges of using the tools of information technology to improve patient care.
Contents: The informatics of diabetes : a research agenda for the socially and institutionally sensitive use of information technology to improve healthcare / Barbara M. Hayes and William Aspray -- Understanding the potential of ubiquitous computing for chronic disease management / Elizabeth D. Mynatt ... [et al.] -- An iterative discovery approach in designing ubicomp technologies that assist individuals in managing diabetes / Lena Mamykina and Elizabeth D. Mynatt -- Diabetes and obesity : can video games help? / Lynne Harris, Jon DeShazo, and Wanda Pratt -- Diabetes education and serious gaming : teaching adolescents to cope with diabetes / Anthony Faiola and Hadi Kharrazi -- Relational agents for chronic disease self management / Tim Bickmore -- Designing information to facilitate chronic disease management : clinician-patient interactions in diabetes care / Mark S. Ackerman and Barbara Mirel -- Information and communication technologies for diabetes self-management and education : user-centered perspectives / Mia Liza A. Lustria and Linda Lockett Brown -- Mother, my medical record : what role do patients with chronic conditions and parents play in the management of their medical information? / Carsten S. Osterlund , Nienke P. Dosa, and Catherine Arnott -- Using behavior change theory to understand and guide technological interventions / Tammy Toscos and Kay Connelly -- Achieving success in research collaborations in health informatics / Katie A. Siek and Kay Connelly.