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What is E-Health Literacy

Chapter 3
Transformative Approaches to Patient Literacy and Healthcare Innovation
E-health literacy is the ability of individuals, including healthcare professionals, to effectively use digital technology for health-related purposes. It encompasses a range of skills, including the use of mobile health technologies and other digital health resources.
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Mobile Applications in Advancing Health Literacy: A Review of Methodologies, Participants, and Challenges
John Paul P. Miranda (Don Honorio Ventura State University, Philippines)
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-3661-8.ch003
Abstract
This scoping review explores the role of mobile applications in advancing health literacy, a critical aspect of modern healthcare. Health literacy, encompassing the ability to access, understand, and apply health-related information, significantly influences individual well-being and healthcare effectiveness. The review delves into various research findings, highlighting how mobile applications, with their widespread accessibility, have revolutionized the availability and usability of health information. By examining numerous studies, the review assesses how mobile applications not only enhance patient understanding and management of health conditions but also bolster healthcare professionals' proficiency. Through this exploration, the review underlines the necessity of integrating digital resources into healthcare strategies, thereby reinforcing the potential of mobile applications to significantly contribute to the advancement of health literacy.
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Chapter 17
Common-Sense Epidemiology in the Age of Electronic Patient Records (EPR)
E-health literacy is commonly defined as Health as the use of emerging information and communication technology, especially the Internet, to improve or enable health and health care (Eng,, 2001).
Published in Chapter: Common-Sense Epidemiology in the Age of Electronic Patient Records (EPR); From: Impacts of Information Technology on Patient Care and Empowerment
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Including Elderly Patients in Decision Making via Electronic Health Literacy
Measure consumers’ combined knowledge, comfort, and perceived skills at finding, evaluating, and applying electronic health information to health problems.
Published in Chapter: Including Elderly Patients in Decision Making via Electronic Health Literacy; From: Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine
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Chapter 8
My Digital Healthcare Record: Innovation, Challenge, and Patient Empowerment
With the diffusions of internet technology, e-Health literacy means peoples knowledge and skills to use innovative internet and communication technologies and devices such as laptop, tablet, and mobile phone apps to search for health information which is appropriate for health decision making process and communicate effectively with the doctor.
Published in Chapter: My Digital Healthcare Record: Innovation, Challenge, and Patient Empowerment; From: Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Healthcare Innovation
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