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#1 - ICTs for Health Unit
eHealth (also known as ICT for Health) describes the application of information and communications technologies across the whole range of functions that affect the health sector, from the doctor to the hospital manager, via nurses, data processing specialists, social security administrators and - of course - the patients.
#2 - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
eHealth (also written e-health) is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice which is supported by electronic processes and communication. The term is inconsistently used: some would argue it is interchangeable with health care informatics, while others use it in the narrower sense of healthcare practice using the Internet. The term can encompass a range of services that are at the edge of medicine/healthcare and information technology:
  • Electronic Medical Records
  • Telemedicine
  • Evidence Based Medicine
  • Consumer Health Informatics
  • Health knowledge management
  • Virtual healthcare teams
#3 - Gunther Eysenbach
eHealth is an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business, referring to health services and information delivered or enhanced through the Internet and related technologies. In a broader sense, the term characterizes not only a technical development, but also a state-of-mind, a way of thinking, an attitude, and a commitment for networked, global thinking, to improve health care locally, regionally, and worldwide by using information and communication technology.

The 10 e's in "eHealth"

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