The objectives in this topic
area describe many ways health communication and health IT can have a positive
impact on health, health care, and health equity. They include:
area describe many ways health communication and health IT can have a positive
impact on health, health care, and health equity. They include:
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Supporting shared
decision-making between patients and providers.
Supporting shared
decision-making between patients and providers.
·
Providing
personalized self-management tools and resources.
·
Building social
support networks.
Building social
support networks.
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Delivering
accurate, accessible, and actionable health information that is targeted or
tailored.
Delivering
accurate, accessible, and actionable health information that is targeted or
tailored.
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Facilitating the
meaningful use of health IT and exchange of health information among health
care and public health professionals.
Facilitating the
meaningful use of health IT and exchange of health information among health
care and public health professionals.
Effective use of communication
and technology by health care and public health professionals can bring about
an age of patient- and public-centered health information and services. By
strategically combining health IT tools and effective health communication
processes, there is the potential to:
and technology by health care and public health professionals can bring about
an age of patient- and public-centered health information and services. By
strategically combining health IT tools and effective health communication
processes, there is the potential to:
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Improve health care
quality and safety.
Improve health care
quality and safety.
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Increase the
efficiency of health care and public health service delivery.
Increase the
efficiency of health care and public health service delivery.
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Improve the public
health information infrastructure.
Improve the public
health information infrastructure.
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Support care in the
community and at home.
Support care in the
community and at home.
·
Facilitate clinical
and consumer decision-making.
Facilitate clinical
and consumer decision-making.
·
Build health skills
and knowledge.
Build health skills
and knowledge.
