Impact of consumer health informatics applications
By: prepared for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service ; prepared by the Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center ; investigators, M. Christopher Gibbons ... [et al.].
Contributors: Johns Hopkins University. Evidence-based Practice Center; United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Series: Evidence report/technology assessment -- no. 188; AHRQ publication -- no. 09(10)-E019; Evidence report/technology assessment -- no. 188.; AHRQ publication -- no. 09(10)-E019.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rockville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781587633867
Description: "Many people are excited about the potential to improve the health of the public by using health information technology (health IT) and eHealth solutions that are tailored to consumers. Despite growing interest in this field referred to as consumer health informatics (CHI), the value of CHI applications has not been rigorously reviewed. The objectives of this report were to review the literature on the evidence of the influence of currently developed CHI applications on health and health care process outcomes, to identify the gaps in the CHI literature, and to make recommendations for future CHI research. For the purposes of this review, CHI is defined as any electronic tool, technology, or electronic application that is designed to interact directly with consumers, with or without the presence of a health care professional that provides or uses individualized (personal) information and provides the consumer with individualized assistance, to help the patient better manage their health or health care."--P. 1.
Notes: "Contract No. HHSA 290-2007-120061-I."

"October 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-112).