eHealth Solutions for Healthcare Disparities

Paralleling emerging trends in cyber-health technology, concerns are mounting about racial, ethnic, disparities in health care utilization and outcomes. eHealth Solutions for Health Care Disparities brings these currents together, challenging readers to use, promote, and develop new technology-based...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gibbons, Michael Christopher (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section I
  • An Overview of Healthcare Disparities
  • Provider Factors in Healthcare Disparities
  • Patient Factors in Healthcare Disparities
  • Healthcare System Factors in Healthcare Disparities
  • The Social “Nonmedical” Determinants of Health
  • Section II
  • The Role of the Internet in American Life
  • The iHealth Revolution
  • Digital Disparities
  • Section III
  • The Role of eHealth in Patient Engagement and Quality Improvement
  • Medical Informatics
  • Public Health Informatics
  • Section IV
  • Beyond Traditional Paradigms in Disparities Research
  • Health Information Technology Policy Perspectives and Healthcare Disparities
  • Disparities and eHealth: Achieving the Promise and the Potential