E-Health: Current Status And Future Trends: 106 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1586034421 ISBN 13: 9781586034429

Casa editrice: Ios Pr Inc, 2004

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E-health refers to a fundamental redesign of healthcare delivery. In introducing 14 chapters that review the status of e-health in the US and European Union countries, Demiris (health management and informatics, School of Medicine, U. of Missouri-Columbia) notes that this paradigm encompasses patient empowerment as well as use of the latest electronic information and communications technologies. The papers range from a model for evaluating telemedicine's multiple dimensions and the potential impact of such developments as the Human Genome Project on healthcare, to how doctors can convert to e-health and how telework networks can benefit persons with disabilities. The volume, based on a conference at the editor's campus in 2004, lacks a subject index. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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In this publication, e-health is defined as the use of advanced telecommunications such as the Internet, portable and other sophisticated devices, advanced networks and new design approaches aiming to support healthcare delivery and education. Thus, e-health refers to a fundamental redesign of healthcare processes based on the use and integration of electronic communication at all levels. It aims to lead to patient empowerment which describes the transition from a passive role where the patient is the recipient of care services to an active role where the patient is informed, has choices and is involved in the decision-making process. e-Health has the potential to improve efficiency on a global level when patients cross national boundaries to seek treatment in other countries and to enable medical facilities and services across countries to be linked and accessible to citizens. Discussion topics focus on the use of mobile technologies in healthcare, smart home technologies, telemedicine applications that cross national borders, transatlantic collaborations in bioinformatics and the use of the Internet in healthcare. Furthermore, legislative efforts and ethical concerns associated with the diffusion of e-health are discussed and policies in the EU and the US reviewed and compared.

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• Editore: Ios Pr Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1586034421
• ISBN 13: 9781586034429
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Redattore: Demiris George
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile