Information Technology in the Community: The Right Tools for the Job
Open Access
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Vol. 4 (6) , 522-523
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jamia.1997.0040522
Abstract
As health care moves into the community, nurses and physicians are not the only ones with new jobs—patients have new and increasing responsibilities for self-care and disease management. Information technologies can provide the necessary tools to ensure that patients are well equipped to meet these challenges. Under the umbrella of the theme “Information Technology in Community Health,” the participants at the 1997 AMIA Spring Congress learned of new and emerging technologies with the potential to enhance patients' abilities to engage in self-help, promote self-care, and implement disease-management strategies. This issue of JAMIA includes four papers addressing developments in information technologies designed to better equip patients and consumers to meet these challenges.Keywords
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