EHealth

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eHealth describes healthcare services which are supported by digital processes, communication or technology such as electronic prescribing, Telehealth, or Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The use of electronic processes in healthcare dated back to at least the 1990s.[1] Usage of the term varies as it covers not just "Internet medicine" as it was conceived during that time, but also "virtually everything related to computers and medicine".[2] A study in 2005 found 51 unique definitions.[3] Some argue that it is interchangeable with health informatics with a broad definition covering electronic/digital processes in health[4] while others use it in the narrower sense of healthcare practice using the Internet.[5][6][7] It can also include health applications and links on mobile phones, referred to as mHealth or m-Health.[8] Key components of eHealth include electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine, health information exchange, mobile health applications, wearable devices, and online health information. These technologies enable healthcare providers, patients, and other stakeholders to access, manage, and exchange health information more effectively, leading to improved communication, decision-making, and overall healthcare outcomes.

  1. ^ Della Mea, Vincenzo (22 June 2001). "What is e-Health (2): The death of telemedicine?". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 3 (2): e22. doi:10.2196/jmir.3.2.e22. PMC 1761900. PMID 11720964.
  2. ^ Eysenbach, G (18 June 2001). "What is e-health?". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 3 (2): e20. doi:10.2196/jmir.3.2.e20. ISSN 1438-8871. PMC 1761894. PMID 11720962.
  3. ^ Oh, Hans; Rizo, Carlos; Enkin, Murray; Jadad, Alejandro (24 February 2005). "What Is eHealth (3): A Systematic Review of Published Definitions". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 7 (1): e1. doi:10.2196/jmir.7.1.e1. PMC 1550636. PMID 15829471.
  4. ^ ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division: Policies and Strategies Department; ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (September 2008). "Implementing e-Health in Developing Countries: Guidance and Principles" (PDF). International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. ^ Griskewicz, M. (July 2002). "HIMSS SIG develops proposed e-health definition". HIMSS News. 13 (7): 12.
  6. ^ Eysenbach, G; Diepgen, TL (January–February 2001). "The role of e-health and consumer health informatics for evidence-based patient choice in the 21st century". Clinics in Dermatology. 19 (1): 11–7. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.7.2559. doi:10.1016/S0738-081X(00)00202-9. PMID 11369478.
  7. ^ Ball, Marion J.; Lillis, Jenifer (April 2001). "E-health: transforming the physician/patient relationship". International Journal of Medical Informatics. 61 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/S1386-5056(00)00130-1. PMID 11248599. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2017 – via Elsevier.
  8. ^ O'Donoghue, John; Herbert, John (October 2012). "Data Management within mHealth Environments: Patient Sensors, Mobile Devices, and Databases". Journal of Data and Information Quality. 4: 5. doi:10.1145/2378016.2378021. S2CID 2318649.