Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication

Putting the Consumer First: Workshop Summary

Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Roundtable on Health Literacy (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

126 Seiten

2009
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-12642-7 (ISBN)

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There is great enthusiasm over the use of emerging interactive health information technologies-often referred to as eHealth-and the potential these technologies have to improve the quality, capacity, and efficiency of the health care system. However, many doctors, advocacy groups, policy makers and consumers are concerned that electronic health systems might help individuals and communities with greater resources while leaving behind those with limited access to technology.

In order to address this problem, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Literacy held a workshop to explore the current status of communication technology, the challenges for its use in populations with low health literacy, and the strategies for increasing the benefit of these technologies for populations with low health literacy. The summary of the workshop, "Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First," includes participants' comments on these issues.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Overview of Issues
3 Outcomes and Challenges of eHealth Approaches: Panel 1
4 Outcomes and Challenges of eHealth Approaches: Panel 2
5 Emerging Tools and Strategies
6 Concluding Discussion
References
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
Appendix C: Workshop Speaker Biosketches

1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Overview of Issues; 4 3 Outcomes and Challenges of eHealth Approaches: Panel 1; 5 4 Outcomes and Challenges of eHealth Approaches: Panel 2; 6 5 Emerging Tools and Strategies; 7 6 Concluding Discussion; 8 References; 9 Appendix A: Glossary of Terms; 10 Appendix B: Workshop Agenda; 11 Appendix C: Workshop Speaker Biosketches

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.4.2009
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	0-309-12642-8 / 0309126428
ISBN-13	978-0-309-12642-7 / 9780309126427
Zustand	Neuware