SIe-Health, e-Health Information System

Introduction

The peak of communication between mobile devices and the potential that they have for their integration in a distributed software platform, makes possible the development of new solutions, more dynamic than before, and also more useful in this information society. The implementation of these new systems in every sector of our society, especially in public utilities, could be viewed as a revolution in the way the users can use the different services. This statement is easily verifiable, just consider the increase in the number of simple actions (recharge a phone card, control of television programming, news, real-time access, or shopping, ...) that are fully integrated into modern distributed software systems which have been widely adopted by the vast majority of users, giving them the impression that are able to do anything anywhere. One of the sectors with greater potential to use and exploit these technologies is the health sector. Healthcare involves a large number of different services whose integration into the modern devices offered by new communication technologies is highly dependent on context. The care for dependents through services such as tele care and remote assistance, centralized control of the patient in hospitals, or the current telemedicine systems used by the Army, which are being implemented for civilian use, are just the beginning. Specifically, the implementation of these new technologies to support clinical practice has given birth to a new concept known as e-Health. This term includes a wide range of different services related to medicine / health terms and information technology: