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Consumer Health Informatics

New Services, Roles, and Responsibilities

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Authors:
  1. Thomas Wetter

    1. Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  • Covers the topics in consumer health informatics in a systematic fashion
  • Takes a didactic stance from the beginning
  • Conveys a comprehensive perspective to students of health informatics?

Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  3. Building Safety Nets Around the Active Client

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Dimensions of Patient Risks and Requirements for Patient Safety

      • Thomas Wetter
      Pages 157-187

    3. Services for All Stages of the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Consequences

      • Thomas Wetter
      Pages 189-216

    4. Basic Services Reach Out Towards Under-Served Populations

      • Thomas Wetter
      Pages 217-244

    5. Smart Homes: Empowering the Patient Till the End

      • George Demiris
      Pages 245-253

    6. Partial Solutions for Patient Safety

      • Thomas Wetter
      Pages 255-269
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About this book

This book offers demographic analysis, client appraisal, trial design, etc along with many examples to inform the conception and critical evaluation of consumer health informatics services. Patient safety, legal and ethical appraisal, and business models add to the systematic coverage. Regarding longevity and increase of chronic diseases traditional medical care faces tremendous financial and human resource problems. Is self-service medicine as follow up of traditional care or as an approach in its own right the answer? Are internet and app stores the place where self service medicine takes place? The book distinguishes stages of such an endeavour.

Reviews

“This is a valuable and welcome book. … It will be of interest to anyone working in current health informatics, whether they are health professionals or primarily informaticians working in the health area. … This book provides a comprehensive look at an important subject and is a welcome addition to the literature. The content is as up to date as it can be in such an evolving field.” (E. P. Hoffer, Computing Reviews, April, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Thomas Wetter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Consumer Health Informatics

  • Book Subtitle: New Services, Roles, and Responsibilities

  • Authors: Thomas Wetter

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19590-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19589-6Published: 22 August 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36826-9Published: 22 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19590-2Published: 11 August 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 417

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Informatics, Health Informatics

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