eHealth, Care and Quality of Life

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gaddi, Antonio (Editor), Capello, Fabio (Editor), Manca, Marco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health informatics.; Graphic design.; Electrical engineering.; European Economic Community literature.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Health Informatics.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; European Integration.; Interaction Design.

The debate over eHealth is alive as never before. Supporters suggest that it will result in dramatic innovations in healthcare, including a giant leap towards patient-centered care, new opportunities to improve effectiveness, and enhanced wellness and quality of life. In addition, the growing market...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction: The debate over eHealth
• 2 Definitions of eHealth
• 3 An introduction to the technological basis of eHealth
• 4 eHealth and me: The implications of the Net for health care relationships
• 5 Legally eHealth
• 6 EU support to eHealth and cost-benefits
• 7 No (e)Health without (e)Research
• 8 eHealth policy
• 9 The high-tech face of eHealth
• 10 The data-driven revolution of healthcare
• 11 eEducation and eHealth: a call for action
• 12 Conclusions.