“A patient like me” – An algorithm-based program to inform p... : Medicine “A patient like me” –
An algorithm-based program to inform patients on the likely conditions people with symptoms …

Objective To understand how consumer questions on online resources differ from questions
asked by professionals, and how such consumer questions differ across resources …

After reading this chapter, you should know the answers to these questions: What is the
central tenet of consumer health informatics? What are the issues that biomedical …

Providers base their care decisions on information received from the patient, such as vital
signs, symptoms, medical allergies, laboratory results, and a variety of other types of data …

In this paper we explore current access to and barriers to health information for consumers.
We discuss how computers and other developments in information technology are ushering …

Consumer health informatics has been defined by Gunther Eysenbach as “the branch of
medical informatics that analyses consumers' needs for information; studies and implements …

This article presents a framework and methodology to create personal health record (PHR)
systems able to transform raw health data into meaningful information for the general …

Edited by five leaders in the field of health informatics, Consumer Health Informatics
explores all aspects of this evolving science. This comprehensive volume will be an …

Background: PatientsLikeMe is an online quantitative personal research platform for patients
with life-changing illnesses to share their experience using patient-reported outcomes, find …

Healthcare and biomedical research are part of a global electronic ecosystem in which
social media, mobile devices, and increasing public engagement have been playing game …