United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-07-26 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-96-86 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86 P0b002ee1803a0c41 f:ai96086 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86 AIMD-96-86 Government information dissemination Health care services Health care cost control Computer networks Data integrity Consumer education Medical information systems Intergovernmental relations Telecommunication Internet HealthQuiz System ComputerLink System (Cleveland, OH) House Calls System (Cleveland, OH) Internet Healthline System World Wide Web University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System National Health Information Infrastructure Project John A. Hartford Foundation Community Health Management Information System FortNet System (Fort Collins, CO) HHS World Wide Web Gateway to Federal Consumer Health Information Project HCFA On-Line Project Letter Report AIMD Technology has increased the amount of health information available to the public, allowing consumers to become better educated and more involved in their own health care. Government and private health care organizations rely on a variety of technologies to disseminate health information on preventive care, illness and injury management, treatment options, post-treatment care, and other topics. This report discusses consumer health informatics--the use of computers and telecommunications to help consumers obtain information, analyze their health care needs, and make decisions about their own health. GAO provides information on (1) the demand for health information and the expanding capabilities of technology; (2) users' and developers' views on potential systems advantages and issues surrounding systems development and use; (3) government involvement--federal, state, and local--in developing these technologies; and (4) the status of related efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services. As part of this review, GAO surveyed consumer health informatics experts and presents their views on issues that need to be addressed when developing consumer health information systems. GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Consumer Health Informatics: Emerging Issues, by Patricia T. Taylor, Director of Information Resources Management Issues, before the Subcommittee on Human Services and Intergovernmental Relations, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. GAO/T-AIMD-96-134, July 26 (13 pages). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86.pdf GAO/AIMD-96-86 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-96-86 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-96-86; Consumer Health Informatics: Emerging Issues; Government information dissemination Health care services Health care cost control Computer networks Data integrity Consumer education Medical information systems Intergovernmental relations Telecommunication Internet HealthQuiz System ComputerLink System (Cleveland, OH) House Calls System (Cleveland, OH) Internet Healthline System World Wide Web University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System National Health Information Infrastructure Project John A. Hartford Foundation Community Health Management Information System FortNet System (Fort Collins, CO) HHS World Wide Web Gateway to Federal Consumer Health Information Project HCFA On-Line Project