CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS

Catalog description

This course examines the history and current trends in consumer health informatics, examining how patients and healthcare stakeholders manage health in the digital age. The evolution of health information technology has expanded the role of the patient to include being a consumer of healthcare, bringing with it more capabilities and responsibilities. The course will discuss health information and communication technologies and their influence on health care for patients, affecting health information seeking behaviors and expectations among multiple stakeholder groups. The course will discuss US and global perspectives for health information professionals serving health information needs in the community and in medical, academic, and public libraries.