What is consumer health informatics? A systematic review of published definitions

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-112

  Flaherty, David ^a   Hoffman Goetz, Laurie ^a   Arocha, Jose F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer; Definitions; Health informatics; Medical informatics; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SEMANTICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84922861045     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2014.907804     Document Type: Article

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