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Using Health Information Technology to Engage Communities in Health, Education, and Research

  • Lisa K Marriott
  • , David A Nelson
  • , Shauntice Allen
  • , Karen Calhoun
  • , Christina Eldredge
  • , Kim S Kimminau
  • , Robert J Lucero
  • , Fernando Pineda-Reyes
  • , Bernice B Rumala
  • , Arti P Varanasi
  • , June S Wasser
  • , Jackilen Shannon

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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 languageAmerican English
JournalScience Translational Medicine
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2012
Externally publishedYes

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

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