Alamantariotou Kleopatra, Zisi Dimitra
University Hospital of Larissa, P.O. Box 1425, Mezourlo, 41110 Larisa, Greece.
Int J Electron Healthc. 2010;5(4):414-24. doi: 10.1504/IJEH.2010.036211.
Consumer health informatics is a part of medical informatics that has as first priority to analyse the interaction between Information Technology (IT) and health consumers. Consumer health informatics applications are designed to interact directly with the customer with or without the essential presence of healthcare. This field of virtual informatics tended to be developed by people other than clinical professions. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of best practices and methods for customers' health information and to describe the best interactive visual learning tools for health education. Consumer health informatics is an interdisciplinary field much as other informatics fields. Some disciplines that may find consumer health informatics valuable include public health, nursing, health education and communication sciences. It is important that organisations such as medical universities and governmental agencies to provide trustworthy high-quality health information on internet and work harder and create practical health education tools.
消费者健康信息学是医学信息学的一部分，其首要任务是分析信息技术（IT）与健康消费者之间的互动。消费者健康信息学应用程序旨在直接与客户互动，无论是否有医疗保健人员的必要参与。这个虚拟信息学领域往往是由临床专业人员以外的人开发的。本文的目的是简要概述客户健康信息的最佳实践和方法，并描述健康教育的最佳交互式视觉学习工具。消费者健康信息学与其他信息学领域一样，是一个跨学科领域。一些可能发现消费者健康信息学有价值的学科包括公共卫生、护理、健康教育和通信科学。重要的是，诸如医科大学和政府机构等组织要在互联网上提供可靠的高质量健康信息，并更加努力地创建实用的健康教育工具。
