Title: eHealth solutions for healthcare disparities /
Authors: Gibbons, Michael Christopher.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Socioeconomic Factors; Medical Informatics; Health Status Disparities; Healthcare Disparities; Health planning.; Medical informatics.; Public health administration Data processing.; Public health Citizen participation; Public welfare Regional disparities; United States
Contents: An overview of healthcare disparities -- Provider factors in healthcare disparities -- Patient factors in healthcare disparities -- Healthcare system factors in healthcare disparities -- The social "nonmedical" determinants of health -- The role of the Internet in American life -- The iHealth revolution -- Digital disparities -- The role of eHealth in patient engagement and quality improvement -- Medical informatics -- Public health informatics -- Beyond traditional paradigms in disparities research -- Health information technology policy perspectives and healthcare disparities -- Disparities and eHealth: achieving the promise and the potential.