Information Technology for Patient Empowerment in Healthcare

Table of Contents

Title Page Copyright Page Preface About the editors Introduction List of contributing authors Acknowledgements Part I: Information Technology for Patient Empowerment: 360° Perspectives

1 Patient-centered healthcare, patient engagement and health information technology: the perfect storm - An integrated perspective from patients, families, clinicians and researchers

1.1 Background

1.1.1 Evolution of the traditional clinical encounter into the modern era

1.2 Patient-centered care and patient engagement

1.2.1 Definition of terms and concepts 1.2.2 Why now and why does it matter? 1.2.3 Where are we now?

1.3 Health information technology to engage patients

1.3.1 The impact of patient-facing HIT tools on health outcomes 1.3.2 Current ...