What is E-Health

E-Health is at the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business, health services and information delivered over the Web. It characterizes technology, a way of thinking, and a commitment for global healthcare action. eHealth conveys the promises and excitement of bringing e-commerce to health care. Learn more in: Review of Web-Based Research in Health Care for Georgia: Telemedicine, eHealth, and e-Institutional Review Boards

Encompasses all electronic health data exchange such as Telemedicine, Telehelath, EPR, etc. Learn more in: ICT in Healthcare Management, Developments, and Applications in Turkish Health Sector

e-Health 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 an attitude and a commitment for networked, global thinking, to improve health care locally, regionally, and worldwide by using information and communication technology. Learn more in: A Multichannel Framework for Multimedia Content Deployment in E-Health Environments

Healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communications. Learn more in: Using Social Networks to Obtain Medical Diagnosis

Healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication. Learn more in: Technical Perspective of Authentication Policy Extension for the Adaptive Social Services and e-Health Care Management

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Healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communications. Learn more in: Using Social Networks to Obtain Medical Diagnosis

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Encompasses all electronic health data exchange such as Telemedicine, Telehelath, EPR, etc. Learn more in: ICT in Healthcare Management, Developments, and Applications in Turkish Health Sector

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Electronic Health. The term e-health encompasses all of the information and communication technologies (ICT) necessary to make the health system work (International Telecommunication Union – ITU, 2003) Learn more in: Agile Patient Care with Distributed M-Health Applications

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Focuses on the provision and delivery of health information over electronic medium. Learn more in: Rethinking ICTs and E-Health: A Focus on Issues and Challenges

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Is the healthcare supported by electronics, informatics and tele-communications. Learn more in: Cytopathology and the Smartphone: An Update

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The (remote) monitoring and management of patients as well as the use of systems that provide access to expert advice and patient information by care professionals. On the one hand, e-health focuses on the provision of care between care consumers and professionals at a distance (telemedicine). On the other hand, e-health can comprise ICT-based services between healthcare professionals in order to maximize efficiency (health information). Learn more in: Extending TAM to Measure the Adoption of E-Collaboration in Healthcare Arenas

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According to the World Health Organization ( World Health Organization, n.d. ), e-health is: “ the transfer of health resources and health care by electronic means. It encompasses three main areas: 1) the delivery of health information, for health professionals and health consumers, through the Internet and telecommunications; 2) the use of the power the power of IT and e-commerce to improve public health services, e.g. through the education and training of health workers; 3) the use of e-commerce and e-business practices in health systems management ”. Learn more in: Software Evaluation From the Perspective of Patients and Healthcare Professionals

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Concept strongly connected to the use and development of the Internet and even more, Internet-mediated access to health care services, products, and capabilities. It includes the integration of telehealth technologies with the Internet; it reflects the development whereby the health consumer has in different ways an almost unlimited access to interactive health information and consultations via the Internet. Learn more in: Elderly People, Disability, Dependence and New Technologies

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Health care information or services provided using Web-based technologies. Learn more in: A Historical Overview of Health Disparities and the Potential of eHealth Solutions

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Umbrella concept that covers all the activities involving the provision of remote health care services, clinical or not – like the ones carried out by nurses, social workers or therapists –, tele-education for health, telematics for health services management or health research. Learn more in: The European Union Legal Framework on E-Health, Telemedicine, and Privacy

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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 healthcare informatics and a subset of health informatics, while others use it in the narrower sense of healthcare practice using the Internet. Learn more in: Medical Informatics: Preventive Medicine Applications via Telemedicine

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Health services and information delivered or enhanced through the Internet (Eysenbach, 2001). Learn more in: Creating Patient Centered E-Health

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The use of modern ICT to meet needs of citizens, patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare providers, as well as policy makers. Learn more in: The Human Centred Approach to Bionanotechnology in Telemedicine: Ethical Considerations

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The use of Internet-based technologies to facilitate healthcare delivery. Learn more in: Using Object Oriented Technologies to Build Collaborative Applications in Healthcare and Medical Information Systems

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Health services and information delivered or enhanced through the Internet and related technologies. Learn more in: European General Practitioners' Usage of E-Health Services

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Refers to different forms of online support for disease management and patient-healthcare provider communication. Learn more in: Supporting the Development of Personalized E-Health: An Insight into the E-Patient Context

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Is the transfer of health resources and health care by electronic means. It encompasses three main areas: 1.The delivery of health information, for health professionals and health consumers, through the Internet and telecommunications. 2. Using the power of IT and e-commerce to improve public health services, e.g. through the education and training of health workers. 3. The use of e-commerce and e-business practices in health systems management. Learn more in: Mobile Health in Emergency Care

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As defined by the European e-Health Ministerial Declaration of May 2003, e-health refers to the use of modern information and communication technologies to meet needs of citizens, patients, health care professionals, health care providers, as well as policy makers. Learn more in: Market of Resources for Health Care Teleservices Management

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An abbreviation of Electronic Health which is practicing medicine using electronic devices and communication. Learn more in: Smart Medication Management, Current Technologies, and Future Directions

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It is health care delivery supported and enabled through the use of information systems and information technology, especially Web-based technologies. Learn more in: Critical Success Factors for E-Health

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A health strategy / practice based on IT tools to optimize the relationship between doctor and patient. We could define e-Health as the use of different types of technologies born with the aim of supporting health services. Learn more in: Mobile Technologies and the Right to Health: Current Situation and Future Perspectives

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The offering of health care products and services using Web-based technologies. Learn more in: Critical Issues in Assessing Sustainability and Feasibility of E-health

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E-health is the usage of new technologies to improve health care organization and service delivery. Learn more in: E-Health, Local Governance, and Public-Private Partnering in Ontario

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A relatively recent term for healthcare practice which is supported by electronic processes and communication. E-health encompasses a range of services that are at the edge of medicine/healthcare and information technology such as electronic medical records, telemedicine and evidence based medicine, m-Health and Health knowledge management. In a broader sense, e-health is an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health informatics and business, referring to health services and information delivered or enhanced through the internet and related technologies. Learn more in: Adoption of Wearable Systems in Modern Patient Telemonitoring Systems

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Systems and supporting technology for health-care, carried out with the help of information technology, in terms of data acquisition, data storage, data retrieval, data maintenance, and data dissemination. It can be considered as the electronic version of a more conventional health-care system. Learn more in: Non-Intrusive Health-Monitoring Devices

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An electronic healthcare practice system that is supported by the electronic devices, processes, and communication. Learn more in: The Co-Evolution of Cloud and IoT Applications: Recent and Future Trends

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The provision of any healthcare service that is supported by electronic processes and communications. Learn more in: Approaches to Telemedicine

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Set of activities in the medical area that makes use of the resources offered by the Internet for the purpose of achieving greater interaction between patients, organizations and professionals in the medical area. Learn more in: Empirical Evidence of Resistance to the Implementation of Electronic Prescription in Brazil

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Health services delivered through the Internet and related technologies. Learn more in: Planning Successful Telemedicine and E-Health Systems

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E-health is the use of information and communication technologies to improve health care. Learn more in: Patient Privacy and Security in E-Health

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The healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, covering electronic/digital processes in health and healthcare practice using the Internet. Learn more in: Ubiquitous Health Monitoring Systems

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Health services and information delivered using digital technologies. Learn more in: Using Technology to Empower People With Multiple Sclerosis (MS) to Make Shared Decisions About Managing Their Own Healthcare: A UK Case Study

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Application of advanced information technologies in healthcare delivery. Learn more in: Multicriteria Models for E-Health Service Evaluation

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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. Learn more in: An HL7-Aware Decision Support System for E-Health

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E-health is a term that encompasses diverse applications in medicine and health including Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, Electronic Health Records, Telemedicine, etc. E-health involves the use of a technology to enable health care delivery using electronic means. Learn more in: Knowledge Management in Healthcare

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Usage of information and communications technologies in healthcare. Learn more in: Patient Health Monitoring Using IoT

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The use of electronic interactive technologies (e.g., Internet, CD-ROMs, personal digital assistants, interactive television, and voice response systems) to enable health improvement and health care services (Eng, 2001). Learn more in: Computer Mediated Communication for the Enhancement of Psychotherapy

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Health promotion initiatives delivered online. Learn more in: Integrating Web-Based Technologies Into the Education and Training of Health Professionals

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A general term for the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in the healthcare promotion and medical fields. Learn more in: An Emerging Model of Pregnancy Care: The Introduction of New Technologies in Maternal Wellbeing

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Healthcare practice supported by information and communication technologies and electronic processes. Learn more in: E-Health: Current Status and Future Trends

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The provision of healthcare supported by information and communication technologies. Learn more in: Using Big Data in Healthcare

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The use of emerging information and communication technology, especially the Internet, to improve or enable health and health care, thereby enabling stronger and more effective connections among patients, doctors, hospitals, payers, laboratories, pharmacies, and suppliers. Learn more in: Remote Patient Monitering in Residential Care Homes: Using Wireless and Broadband Networks

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General term used to describe electronic health information, programs, and campaigns. Learn more in: Changing Health Behavior Through Games

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Healthcare practices supported by electronic processes. Learn more in: Promises and Challenges of Medical Patient Healthcare Portals in Underserved Communities: The Case of Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia (EMCP)

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It 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 and a sub set of Health 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 like electronic health records, telemedicine, evidence-based medicine, virtual healthcare teams etc. Learn more in: Overview and Analysis of Electronic Health Record Standards

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E-health is at the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business, health services and information delivered over the web. It characterizes technology, a way of thinking, and a commitment for global healthcare action. eHealth conveys the promises and excitement of bringing e-commerce to health care. Learn more in: Conservation of Information (COI): Geospatial and Operational Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine for Virtual and Rural Communities

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It is also called health information technology refers to the use of information and communications technologies like to the internet to store and manage the medical records, instead of paper files in healthcare industry. Learn more in: Interoperability in IoT

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The term “e-health” has been used in this chapter to denote all applications of Internet technology in health care, whether for commercial or for developmental purposes. Learn more in: Broadband for Health in Developing Countries

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E-health services include those in which parents participate in parent training, consultative, or intervention services using online learning materials, and synchronous (i.e., real-time) online coaching through Skype or similar applications. Learn more in: Online Resources, Support, and E-Health for Families of Children with Disabilities: A Review of Empirical Evidence Regarding Attitudes, Use, and Efficacy

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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 Learn more in: Improving Health Services Via Advanced ICT Networks

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Providing healthcare using technology most especially computers. Learn more in: Building an Ontological Framework for Healthcare: The Case of the Health Cluster

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E-health is a reference to the process of managing health information electronically. Learn more in: Shared Electronic Health Records as Innovation: An Australian Case

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The provision of any healthcare service that is supported by electronic processes and communications. Learn more in: Inventing the Future of E-Health

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Relatively recent term for healthcare practice which is supported by electronic processes and communication; it can encompass a range of services that are at the edge of medicine/healthcare and information technology. Learn more in: Enterprise Application Integration; Healthcare Organizations; Information Technology ; Large Organizations; Local Government Authorities

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The transfer of health resources and health care by electronic means. This means: the delivery of health information, for health professionals and health consumers, through the Internet and telecommunications; using the power of IT and e-commerce to improve public health services, e.g. through the education and training of health workers; the use of e-commerce and e-business in health systems management. Learn more in: Policies and Strategies for Digital Inclusion: Regional Governments in Spain

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The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to support individual and community health through creating health management information systems, electronic scheduling systems, electronic prescription services, transmittal of health records and diagnostic imagery among providers, and the remote delivery of care and consultations. Learn more in: Digital Divide and E-Health Implications for E-Collaboration Research

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The provision of any health care service that is supported by electronic processes and communications. Learn more in: Difficulties in Accepting Telemedicine

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Electronic health is the result of the involvement of electronic in providing health services such as patient record and health plan description. Learn more in: A New Approach to Reducing Social Engineering Impact

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The delivery of health services and information across the Internet and related technologies. Learn more in: Towards a Framework for Measuring E-Health Status across the World

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Connecting people and communities to health services with the aid of computer systems that accumulate, organize and reorganize information and facilitate communication. Learn more in: A Client Perspective on E-Health: Illustrated with an Example from The Netherlands

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E-health encompasses a range of medical informatics applications based on Information and Communication Technology. Utilisation of e-health, is considered to be one of the trendiest ways to increase accessibility to health information. Learn more in: Competitive Smart Cities through Healthy Decision-Making

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An emerging field where health services and information are delivered or enhanced through the ICTs included Internet. Learn more in: Mobile Applications as Mobile Learning and Performance Support Tools in Psychotherapy Activities

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This term refers to the use of electronic processes and communication in the provision of healthcare practises Learn more in: MIMO: Multi-Agent System for Personal Health Monitoring

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The provision of any healthcare service that is supported by electronic processes and communications. Learn more in: Telemedicine Barriers

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Utilization of information and communication technologies to deliver healthcare. Learn more in: A Framework for Designing and Evaluating Internet Interventions to Improve Tinnitus Care

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Is the generic term used for the set of tools based on information and communication technology used to help prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor the health and lifestyles and to improve these processes; 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. Learn more in: E-Health Sites Development Using Open Source Software and OMT Methodology as Support for Family Doctors’ Activities: A Romanian Case Study

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Health promotion initiatives delivered online. Learn more in: Online Learning and Instruction in Health: Addressing the Demands for Education and Training through Computer-Based Technologies

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The use of ICT (Information and Communications Technologies). It is used in support of health related fields. Learn more in: Health, Digitalization, and Individual Empowerment

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A collective use of electronic communication and information technology in the health sector to electronically transmit, store, and retrieve digital data, both at the local site and at a distance, for clinical, educational, and administrative purposes. It is composed of telemedicine and health informatics. Learn more in: Application of Wireless Data Grids for Health Informatics

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Means the transfer of medical topics and health care by electronic means. Learn more in: Electronic Health Record Portals Definition and Usage

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The management of health-related issues by means of information and communication technology, exploited to improve quality and efficiency of health care services and facilitate caregivers in their work. Learn more in: A Role-Based Agent-Oriented Approach to Medical Device Integration

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