Author(s): I. Iakovidis; P. Wilson and J.C. Healy; Editors
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 251
Title page......Page 1
Foreword......Page 5
Introduction: How We Got Here......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Contents......Page 14
Setting the Scene......Page 17
The Case for eHealth......Page 19
National Infrastructure for eHealth: Considerations for Decision Support......Page 44
Ministerial Declaration......Page 51
National and Regional Health Information Networks......Page 55
Sjunet - The National IT Infrastructure for Healthcare in Sweden......Page 57
Building the Regional eHealth Network. The Andalusian Experience......Page 66
MedCom: Danish Health Care Network......Page 75
HYGEIAnet: the Integrated Regional Health Information Network of Crete......Page 82
Northern Norwegian Health Net......Page 95
North Karelia Regional Chain of Care: Finnish Experiences......Page 110
UUMA Regional eHealth Services in the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS)......Page 117
eHealth Systems and Services for Health Professionals......Page 125
Telemedicine - Contribution of ICT to Health......Page 127
SURGETICA at Grenoble: From Computer Assisted Medical Interventions to Quality Inspired Surgery......Page 133
The Oxford Clinical Intranet: Providing Clinicians with Access to Patient Records and Multiple Knowledge Bases with Internet Technology......Page 146
The Contribution of ICT to Health: The Andalusian Health Network......Page 155
From SARS to Systems: Developing Advanced Knowledge Management for Public Health......Page 165
Empowering Patients and Citizens in Management of Health and Well Being......Page 173
Realizing the Potential of the Internet for Health and Medical Information......Page 175
NHS Direct Online: A Multi-Channel eHealth Service......Page 180
Area Wide Electronic Booking: A Revolution in the Management of Health and Well Being......Page 185
Slovene National Insurance Card System: Connecting Patient and Health Care......Page 190
Sustains - Direct Access for the Patient to the Medical Record over the Internet......Page 198
Advanced Technology Permits the Provision of Advanced Hospital Care in the Patients' Homes......Page 206
Boario Home Care Project......Page 216
User Perspective of DITIS: Virtual Collaborative Teams for Home-Healthcare......Page 221
Industrial and Standardisation Issues......Page 233
eHealth 2003: The Economic and User Perspective......Page 235
Introduction to Industrial Perspectives: eHealth Systems, Past Experiences and Future Prospects......Page 246
e-Health Standardization in Europe: Lessons Learned......Page 249
The Cost Benefit of Electronic Patient Referrals in Denmark: Summary Report......Page 254
The Road Ahead......Page 262
Author Index......Page 267
