September/October 2001
volume 10, issue 5

In this issue:

PSRML Program Objectives, 2001-2006
 
NN/LM Membership Renewal: An Invitation
 
What's Remote Got To Do With It? Document Delivery 21st Century Style
 
LinkOut at the US Naval Hospital, Guam
 
Q & A: How to Activate Icons for More than One Library in LinkOut for Libraries
 
Needs Assessment Pointers
 
New Directions in Technology for Consumer Health
 
LSTA Heads UP!
 
New Online Directory for California Consumer Health Libraries
 
Fall Workshop: Health Information at Your Fingertips!
 
Consumer Health Information for California
 
NLM Reduction in ILL Charges to International Libraries
 
NLM Technical Bulletin Highlights
 

In every issue:

Table of Contents for the NLM Technical Bulletin
 
Upcoming Events - 2001 to 2002
 
Publication Information

New Directions in Technology for Consumer Health

By Howard Fuller
Stanford Health Library

The recent Stanford Health Library and the PSRML symposium "Consumer Health Information: Bringing e-Content to the Consumer," brought together world and local leaders in their respective fields to discuss various aspects of Consumer Health Informatics/Consumer Health Information Services. If there was one message that was made clear it was that CHI/CHIS is an emerging multidisciplinary field that is being driven by the need for consumers to become better informed in our current health care environment. Many of those needs are being met with technological advancements and by enabling current computer technologies to a web environment. Gunther Eysenbach in an article published last year stated that CHI "is perhaps the most challenging and rapidly expanding field in medical informatics; it is paving the way for health care in the information age." (From BMJ, vol. 320, 24, June, 2000)

Next Article>>