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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".
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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
.
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Consumer health informatics include technologies focused on patients as the primary users to health information.
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It includes: information resources, communications,
remote monitoring
,
videoconferencing
, and
telepresence
. The Kaiser model
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further explanation needed
]
is an example of allowing patients to remotely communicate with their physicians or other healthcare professionals.
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