Abstract
The August 2011 Clinical and Translational Science Awards conference "Using IT to Improve Community Health: How Health Care Reform Supports Innovation" convened four "Think Tank" sessions. Thirty individuals, representing various perspectives on community engagement, attended the "Health information technology (HIT) as a resource to improve community health and education" session, which focused on using HIT to improve patient health, education, and research involvement. Participants discussed a range of topics using a semistructured format. This article describes themes and lessons that emerged from that session, with a particular focus on using HIT to engage communities to improve health and reduce health disparities in populations.
Original language | American English |
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Journal | Science Translational Medicine |
Volume | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Biomedical Research
- Community-Institutional Relations
- Cooperative Behavior
- Delivery of Health Care
- Integrated
- Group Processes
- Health Education
- Health Knowledge
- Attitudes
- Practice
- Health Services Research
- Health Status Disparities
- Healthcare Disparities
- Humans
- Medical Informatics
- Organizational Objectives
- Patient Education as Topic
Disciplines
- Medicine and Health Sciences