Track: Information Technology in Health Care
Minitrack: Consumer Health Informatics

This mini-track embraces research addressing aspects of consumer health informatics and consumer-centric technologies where the healthcare consumer takes an active role understanding, deciding about and/or managing their health; doctor-patient communication; clinical guideline and protocol support; monitoring and prevention of adverse events; personal health records (especially, security and privacy, access control rights, and usability across health applications and consumer segments) . Consumer participation may take place at various points in the care process: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and/or maintenance using health information on the internet, special tools and devices, or other forms of information systems. Research projects appropriate for this track encompass development, design, testing, use, process, dissemination, costs, and/or impact studies of consumer health informatics and consumer-centric technologies. We welcome submissions from researchers in multiple domains including information systems, public health, design science, nursing, communications, and medicine.

Co-chairs:
Thomas A. Horan (Primary Contact)
School of Information Science
Claremont Graduate University
130 East Ninth Street Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Phone: +1-909-607-9302
Fax: +1-909-621-8564
Email: tom.horan@cgu.edu

Cynthia LeRouge
Decision Sciences/ MIS Department
St. Louis University
3674 Lindell Avenue, DS 467, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
Phone: +1-314-977-3852
Fax: +1-314-977-1483
Email: lerougec@slu.edu

Richard Burkhard
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192
Phone: +1-415-203-2940
Email: burkha_r@cob.sjsu.edu