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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
World Nursing 2017
July 10-12, 2017
23
rd
World Nursing and Healthcare Conference
July 10-12, 2017 Berlin, Germany
The consumerization of healthcare data in Australia
Jessica Ho
Central Queensland University, Australia
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onsumerization of healthcare data is an inescapable growing trend worldwide. With the evolution of technology, the availability
and increased affordability of new health gadgets, health care consumers are consuming these devices and applications in drove.
Data, in particular health data are swapped, exchanged, saved in memory, saved in cloud, within a number of different platforms,
standards, ready to be manipulated, shared, and uploaded in other social media spaces. Health care consumers are increasingly
taking an active role in their care experience and are evermore empowered to choose their own care alternatives, consulting with "Dr.
Google", easily available health information and their social circles. Today's patients are used to having mobile tools at their fingertips
to access and manage information anywhere, anytime. There is a greater expectation for personalized experience in healthcare.
The implementation of Australia current e-Health agenda may not be sufficient in keeping up with the demand from health care
consumer. This paper aims to examine the economic impact of the consumer health care technology evolution and the opportunities
it will bring in lowering the cost of care and improving current state of health funding, most importantly, the improvements to the
overall health outcomes and well-being of health consumers.
Biography
Jessica Ho is currently doing her PhD thesis on “Building an Australian health interoperability framework” with Central Queensland University. She is currently an
Associate Partner at IBM Australia. She is an experienced Nurse and IT Executive with extensive background delivering large and complex programs in change
and digital transformation agenda. She has published a number of papers and co-authored books in the field of Health Informatics.
Jessica Ho, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-049