Question

Patient portals, such as MyChart - Epic, allow access to patient information with a few clicks. Discuss consumer health informatics and mHealth. Consumer health informatics is all around us.

1. Define mobile health and give two benefits

2. Define consumer health informatics and give two benefits

3. Discuss two components or features you would like to see in your patient portal.

Answer 1

LP * Mobile Health Technology - mr. It is a rapidly developing factor in health care today, promissing to make health care better and more efficient. In other words, mobile health technology Ps the use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to deliver health cale and preventive health services. Benefits Accessibility - First of all, medical mobile apps make a life of patients and Physicians more convenient. Improved decision making process 6) Higher Accueary (4) Enhanced efficiency 5 Better communication

- Consumer health informatics: It is a sub-branch of health informatics that helps bridge the gap between Patient and health resources It is defined by the 'American Medical Informatics Association as "" the field devoted to informatics from multiple consumer or patient news' - Benefits: 6 Pro vi de to provider communication Increase patient selfety Improves outcomes Avoid unnecessary and duplicitive services teatures in 23 Two components or patient portal - Clinical summaries Online bill pay including History New patient registration Appointment request