Evolutionary Overview of Consumer Health Informatics: Bibliometric Study on the Web of Science from 1999 to 2019

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 23; no. 9; p. e21974
• Main Authors: Ouyang, Wei, Xie, Wenzhao, Xin, Zirui, He, Haiyan, Wen, Tingxiao, Peng, Xiaoqing, Dai, Pingping, Yuan, Yifeng, Liu, Fei, Chen, Yang, Luo, Aijing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 09.09.2021; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Attitudes; Bibliometrics; Breast cancer; Citation indexes; Cluster analysis; Computerized medical records; Consumer health information; Consumers; Decision making; Demand; Drugs; Health behavior; Health education; Health informatics; Health information; Health literacy; Health promotion; Healthy food; Humanities; Information literacy; Information needs; Information technology; Interdisciplinary subjects; Internet; Intervention; Libraries; Medical technology; Patient communication; Patient education; Qualitative research; Review; Science; Social networks; Social sciences; Software; Terminology; Trends; Visualization; Websites

Background: Consumer health informatics (CHI) originated in the 1990s. With the rapid development of computer and information technology for health decision making, an increasing number of consumers have obtained health-related information through the internet, and CHI has also attracted the attenti...