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Consumer Health Informatics and Telehealth

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Biomedical Informatics

Part of the book series: Health Informatics ((HI))

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After reading this chapter you should know the answers to these questions:

  • What factors contribute to the increasing pressure for lay people to actively participate in health care?

  • How does direct access to health information technologies assist patients in participating in their own health care?

  • Critically appraise the informatics requirements for successful telehealth.

  • How can lay people determine the value of a telehealth innovation such as a healthrelated Web site or an on-line disease management service?

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Nursing and College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53792, USA

    Patricia Flatley Brennan

  2. Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Justin B. Starren

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032-3720, USA

    Edward H. Shortliffe MD, PhD, MACP  & James J. Cimino MD, FACP  & 

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Brennan, P.F., Starren, J.B. (2006). Consumer Health Informatics and Telehealth. In: Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino, J.J. (eds) Biomedical Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36278-9_14

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