HP 719 Ehealth/Consumer Health Informatics

Prerequisite: HP-717 or consent of the instructor. This course focuses on the implications of consumer health informatics to the practice of healthcare in a digital environment, eHealth. It will explore the impact on patient care within the contemporary health care environment and examine a variety of interactive strategies and technologies used to enhance health care delivery to consumers. An emphasis will be on examining the diversity of consumers' information seeking needs and strategies especially in underrepresented populations. This course will focus on the design and development of consumer health information resources, examine interactive models that integrate consumers' preferences to enhance health care delivery to consumers.

Credits

3