eHealth, Care and Quality of Life

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. The Debate Over eHealth

   • Antonio Vittorino Gaddi, Fabio Capello

   Pages 1-13

3. Definitions of eHealth

   • Scott G. Cunningham, Deborah J. Wake, Annalu Waller, Andrew D. Morris

   Pages 15-30

4. An Introduction to the Technological Basis of eHealth

   • Giovanni Rinaldi

   Pages 31-67

5. eHealth and Me: The Implications of the Net for Health Care Relationships

   • Mike Martin

   Pages 69-78

6. Legally eHealth

   • Susi Pelotti, Silvia Pari

   Pages 79-87

7. EU Support to eHealth and Cost-Benefits

   • Gabriele Cipriani

   Pages 89-112

8. No (e)Health Without (e)Research

   • Marco Manca

   Pages 113-128

9. eHealth Policy

   • Fabio Capello, Maria Giovanna Gatti Luini

   Pages 129-155

10. The High-Tech Face of e-Health

    • Jamie D. Shiers, Andrea E. Naimoli

    Pages 157-173

11. The Data-Driven Revolution of Health Care

    • Mirko Degli Esposti, Santiago M. Mola-Velasco, Sandra García-Blasco

    Pages 175-184

12. eEducation and eHealth: A Call for Action

    • Antonio V. Gaddi

    Pages 185-210

13. Conclusions

    • Fabio Capello, Antonio V. Gaddi, Marco Manca

    Pages 211-216

14. Back Matter

    Pages 217-220

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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 value of investments in health IT suggests that eHealth can offer at least a partial cure for the current economic stagnation.  Detractors counter these arguments by claiming that eHealth has already failed: the UK Department of Health has shut down the NHS National Program for IT, Google has discontinued its Health flagship, and doubts have arisen over privacy safeguards for both patients and medical professionals. This book briefly explains why caregivers, professionals, technicians, patients, politicians, and others should all consider themselves stakeholders in eHealth. It offers myth-busting responses to some ill-considered arguments from both sides of the trench, in the process allowing a fresh look at eHealth. In addition, it describes how the technical failures of previous eHealth systems can be avoided, examines the legal basis of eHealth, and discusses associated ethical issues.​  

• eHealth
• healthcare
• medical informatics
• public health
• quality of care

• Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  Antonio Gaddi

• CERN, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Fabio Capello

• Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  Marco Manca

Policies and ethics