Case Study: Blue River Home Care
Read the Case Study: Blue River Home Care at the end of Chapter 8 E-health and Consumer Health Informatics and answer the following questions:
• Name some of the challenges in ensuring continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions. How can emerging technologies solve or at least ease these challenges.
• List some of the benefits of integrating PHR with a health social network for patients with chronic illness, their caregivers, and the organization.
• Name the specific effects of adopting e-health and social medial applications will have on the structure and strategies of a healthcare organization.
• How might the adoption of an integrated PHR and health social network change the interaction and relationship between patients and health professionals?
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