Editing Consumer health informatics

'''Consumer health informatics''' ('''CHI''') is a sub-branch of [[health informatics]] that helps bridge the gap between patients and health resources. It is defined by the [[American Medical Informatics Association]] as "the field devoted to informatics from multiple consumer or patient views". The Consumer Health Informatics Working Group (CHIWG) of the [[International Medical Informatics Association]] (IMIA) define it as "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".<ref>{{cite web|last1=IMIA|first1=CHIWG|title=Consumer Health Informatics|url=http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/node/137|website=IMIA|accessdate=8 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307030452/http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/node/137|archivedate=7 March 2015}}</ref>

==Scope==
CHI includes patient-focused informatics, [[health literacy]], and [[consumer education]]. The focus of this field is to allow consumers to manage their own health, through the use of internet-based strategies and resources with consumer-friendly language. Currently, CHI It stands at the crossroads of other disciplines, such as [[nursing informatics]], [[public health]], health promotion, [[health education]], [[library science]], and [[communication science]].<ref>BMJ 2000; 320 : 1713 {{doi|10.1136/bmj.320.7251.1713}} (Published 24 June 2000){{Full|date=November 2012}}</ref><ref>American Medical Informatics Association. [http://www.amia.org/applications-informatics/consumer-health-informatics "Consumer Health Informatics"], Bethesda, Maryland 2014. Retrieved on 20 October 2014.</ref>

Consumer health informatics include technologies focused on patients as the primary users to health information.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> It includes: information resources, communications, [[biotelemetry|remote monitoring]], [[videoconferencing]], and [[telepresence]]. The Kaiser model{{Elucidate|date=July 2012|reason=Briefly explain what the Kaiser model is.}} is an example of allowing patients to remotely communicate with their physicians or other healthcare professionals.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Biomedical Informatics'' by Shortliffe and Cimino (3rd Edition){{Full|date=November 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[e-patient]]
* [[Health 2.0]]
* [[Participatory medicine]]

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