TREND EVOLUTION [HEALTH PLANNING-INTERNET-DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION= eHEALTH]
[eHealth]
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DRIVING FORCES & COUNTER TRENDS
PEOPLE & CONSUMPTION
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Self service Real time, real life support Decision support More control over your own health information The European Union’s eHealth Action Plan (COM 2004(356)) called for the member states to draw up their national eHealth Roadmaps which was done in 2006. (MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH 2013). eHealth and Mobile Health (online, mobile) Decreasing the incidence of medical errors Using technology effectively to save time and ease financial pressures
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Megatrend “technical revolution” started the eHealth trend. Professionals and non professionals eHealth stimulates consumer driven healthcare, encouraging patients’ involvement with their own care and promoting health education (WIPRO 2013). People are concerned about a personal data security.
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EARLY ADOPTERS
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Key words: Urban – Rural Developing – Developed Country / Region
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E-health is the transfer of health resources and health care by electronic means. It encompasses three main areas: • 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 practices in health systems management. (WHO 2013) • Managing own health data. • Information ”explosion” • Easy access • Physical filing -> on-line
KEY SOURCES: World Health Organization MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH WIPRO
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