Coiera E, Yin K, Sharan RV, Akbar S, Vedantam S, Xiong H, Waldie J, Lau AY. Family informatics. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2022 Jul 1;29(7):1310- 5. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocac049
Family informatics While families have a central role in shaping individual choices and behaviors, healthcare largely focuses on treating individuals or supporting self-care. However, a family is also a health unit. We argue that family informatics is a necessary evolution in scope of health informatics. To deal with the needs of individuals, we must ensure technologies account