Question

Locate an article on electronic health trends to obtain a current state of technology in healthcare.
Navigate to the threaded discussion below and respond to the following questions:

Define consumer health informatics, and differentiate it from traditional clinical informatics approaches.
Discuss the types of social media, and give examples of how social media can be applied to e-health?
What are some of the cultural challenges in moving to E-Health?
Identify the social and ethical issues associated with using E-Health?
What are the biblical principle implications of sharing e-health via social media.

Answer 1

Answer :

Consumer health Informatics : it is one of the branch of medical Informatics , it analysis the consumers health needs for providing related information, and by studying make the methods of implementations, to access those health care implementations to consumers.

Traditional clinical Informatics : it is an application of Informatics and information technology to deliver health care services. It is also known as applied clinical Informatics and operational Informatics.

* here the health care is provided for the clients by the clinicians information.

* in traditional clinical Informatics approaches the they will use the previous studies as a evidence based practices.

* comparing to consumer health Informatics here in traditional clinical Informatics, the changing health care in improved out comes.

* electronic medical records system leads to provide good quality of care and safe care.

* and decreases the chances of coming errors.

* good coordinated care will be provided here.

Types of social media :

* social networking : it includes face book and google,  

* microblogging : it includes twitter

* photo sharing : it includes instagram

* vedio sharing : it includes YouTube , facebook

By providing advertisements through internet technology, health related information provided through some of the apps, and some internet sources, so the consumers will get information by electronic system.

For example through this social media update the producers like what they are performing to the clients like endoscopy recording version or bronchoscoppy recorded vedio.

* these will be use full to the learners and training taking persons. And also to show to the consumers.  

Another example like Tele medicine through this the health related information shared to the higher authorities from remort area to urban areas, they will get health related information through internet technology.

Cultural challenges to moving e health :

* There is some resistance to use the computers In cultural wise, so there will be no utilization of e health care.

* some cultures may not believe those electric systems

Social and ethical issues associated with e health :

* the privacy and confidentiality :

There will be a password system for e health. So we can provide confidentiality care to the clients.

Password also should be maintained confidentiality, it should be known by only authorized person.

* transmission of diseases : through e health we can transmit the diseases and it's information.

* there will be a end of life issues.

Biblical principle implications of sharing e health via social media :

* the biblical principle will tell don't be in online in many times maintain balance.  

* some times misunderstandings may taken place due to some critiques.

* it will tell refusing to encourage like online technology.

* by sharing information through social media, it will impact on peoples.