Original sentence: (30TH July 2003).(Eysenbach 2000).; National Institutes of Health.; Robinson, Paul.; e-Clinical Governance.BMJ 2000; 320: 1713–16.Consumer Health Informatics.Consumer Health Informatics Research.Consumer health informatics (CHI) provides patients and healthy consumers with the e-health tools, skills and support they need to better manage their health decisions.Consumer health informatics is a relatively new discipline and has been defined by Gunther Eysenbach as follows:.Consumer health informatics is the branch of medical informatics that analyses consumers’ needs for information; studies and implements methods of making information accessible to consumers; and models and integrates consumers’ preferences into medical information systems.Examples for CHI tools are Web sites providing self-care information, Internet-based disease management tools, telemedicine, personal health records (PHRs), online support groups, etc.Eysenbach G.Healthcare providers are turning to consumer health informatics to provide patients not only with health advice but with an opportunity to manage certain aspects of their condition.In the age of the Internet, almost any health information system or communication tool has an interface for consumers.It was also defined in the mid 90s by the as follows United States General Accounting Office:.Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet.Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) www.Lewis D, Eysenbach G et al.Meanwhile, consumers are themselves looking for resources on the Internet or even starting their own.National Library of Medicine.One of the purposes of the aforementionned PHR is to involve patients in the management of their healthcare.Radcliffe Medical Press (Oxford).Recent Advances: Consumer Health Informatics.Simpson, Louise.Springer 2005 (ISBN 0-387-23991-X).[WWW] 3RD July 2003.org, publishes consumer health informatics articles related to health on the Internet.the use of modern computers and telecommunications to support consumers in obtaining information, analyzing unique health care needs and helping them make decisions about their own health(Consumer Health Informatics: Emerging Issues 1996)
Edited sentence: REDIRECT Health Informatics