Health services and their associated disciplines evolve as society's science and technology evolve. In the past, pen and paper were the only way to document a person's health history. Health information was also provided from the doctor's perspective, with little or no patient involvement in the health care process. While this approach left little to no room for misinformation, it also left no room for patient engagement. This approach influenced the cultural view of people practicing medical professions, especially in relation to doctors who were seen above all as the epitome of health information. This type of thinking has also influenced the interrelationship between doctors and nurses. In recent decades, however, healthcare has adopted a consumer engagement/involvement approach. This approach encourages active participation in the decision-making process by the patient and his family. This was and is partly influenced by the availability of information through the advent and growth of the use of the Internet which has revolutionized the way a person is able to access information. Consumer computing was thus the result of the interaction between the shift from physician to patient-centered care and the impact of information easily accessible via the Internet. Consumer informatics is the future of nursing informatics and the healthcare profession as a whole. According to the United States General Accounting Office, consumer health informatics is the use of modern computers and telecommunications to support consumers in obtaining information by analyzing their specific health care needs and helping them make decisions about their health, in which the consumer interacts with the app...... in the center of the card ......ion. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association,15(4), 473-483.Murray, P.J. (2007). Nursing Informatics 2020: Towards Defining Our Future: NI2006 Post-Congress Conference Proceedings: [held at Phoenix Park, Pyung-Chang, Kangwon-do, Korea June 14-17, 2006; following the 9th International Congress of Nursing Informatics, NI2006. Amsterdam [ua: IOS Press.Snyder-Halpern, R., Staggers, N., & Thompson, C.B. (2001). History and trends in clinical information systems in the United States. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 33(1), 75. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA71875348&v=2.1&u=costaatt&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=c163362b7b06b9fcebbf1de1990d91ddStaggers, N ., Thompson, C. B., & Snyder-Halpern, R. (2001). History and trends of clinical information systems in the United States. Official Nursing Scholarship, 33(1), 75-81.