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What is Preventive Medicine

Chapter 22
Handbook of Research on Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives
Preventive medicine is the part of medicine engaged with preventing disease rather than curing it. It can be contrasted not only with curative medicine, but also with public health methods (which work at the level of population health rather than individual health). Interactive health communication using Internet technologies is expanding the range and flexibility of intervention and teaching options available in preventive medicine and the health science.
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Medical Informatics: Preventive Medicine Applications via Telemedicine
Elif Derya Übeyli (TOBB Economics and Technology University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-670-4.ch022
Abstract
Information services, medical decision support systems and telemedicine are becoming important tools for medical professionals and also people who are interested in health related information. Medical decision support aims at providing healthcare professionals with therapy guidelines directly at the point of care. Telemedicine is the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT) for the provision of clinical care to individuals at a distance and transmission of information to provide that care. The chapter intends to an integrated view of the medical informatics and preventive medicine applications via telemedicine. The chapter includes technological perspectives in e-health and telemedicine. The author suggests that the content of the chapter will assist to the people in gaining a better understanding of the technological perspectives in e-health and telemedicine and preventive medicine applications.
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Costs and New Technologies in Healthcare Delivery
Act of protecting, promoting, maintaining health, and preventing disease.
Published in Chapter: Costs and New Technologies in Healthcare Delivery; From: Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
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Urban-Rural Synergy Toward Human Well-Being
The aim of preventive medicine is to improve health and prevent disease. It consists of a set of medical techniques and treatments and their combinations intended to prevent disease before it happens, rather than curing it.
Published in Chapter: Urban-Rural Synergy Toward Human Well-Being; From: Handbook of Research on Urban-Rural Synergy Development Through Housing, Landscape, and Tourism
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