E-Health: Current Situation And Examples Of Implemented & Beneficial E-Health Applications (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics)

This publication aims at providing health ministers and the health public sector in general with validated information on which key implementation decisions concerning e-Health may be made. An import issue discussed here is the reinforcement of the implementation and deployment of e-Health systems by European health service providers. Here, e-Health systems and services are looked at from a user perspective; the citizen, the patient, the healthcare professional, the hospital manager and the pubic health authority. This volume consists of the following sections: National and Regional Health Information Networks, e-Health systems and services for Health professionals, Empowering Patients and Citizens in management for the Public Health, and Industrial and standardization Issues.

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This publication provides health ministers and the health public sector in general with validated information on which key implementation decisions concerning e-Health may be made. An import issue discussed here is the reinforcement of the implementation and deployment of e-Health systems by European health service providers. Here, e-Health systems and services are looked at from a user perspective; the citizen, the patient, the healthcare professional, the hospital manager and the pubic health authority. This volume consists of the following sections: National and Regional Health Information Networks; e-Health systems and services for Health professionals, Empowering Patients and Citizens in management for the Public Health, and Industrial and standardization Issues.