EHealth

The PA eHealth Partnership Authority plays a vital role in ensuring that there is strong infrastructure that will allow participation to thrive. Another important player in the whole process is the governor of Pennsylvania. The governor played a very critical role in implementing the HIE. He has been supporting the initiative, and he has fully endorsed the strategic plans that have are known for the HIE implementation. The governor is also expected to provide an executive order that will enable all the key players to collaborate and work together towards implementation of the whole process. The legislature has also supported the implementation of the HIE. The legislation has been made to ensure that the implementation will be a success. The private and…

source software eHealth system. First and foremost, Dr. Borland states in lecture that a FOSS eHealth system, “may force governments such as the province of Ontario, to abandon the specialized proprietary software systems” (Borland, 2017). Abandoning the proprietary system that the Harper government created would decrease the amount that we, as Ontarians, are paying in taxes. Our taxdollars would no longer be needed to pay for the creation of the specialized proprietary system. In addition, on…

The study aims to investigate the potential of health promotion via eHealth (mobile) in increasing glaucoma awareness, improve treatment compliance and changing health - seeking behavior among adults in a disadvantaged population in Saskatoon. In addition, the study aims to provide education on the importance of regular eye examination in order to promote early detection and management of glaucoma via eHealth and subsequently determine how effective eHealth tools are in achieving these…

Legal Jurisprudence Legal aspects of ehealth have been raised with concerns about the accuracy and unregulated status of this aspect of health innovation especially in industrial nation and there are ongoing debate, there seem to be a general agreement that there is need for a proper regulatory framework to be put in place and bio-data collected need to be protected with a universally acceptable privacy and data protection policies, this is to prevent the abuses of patients electronic health…

With today advance in technology, many physicians, health care providers and other health care professionals are using smartphones, laptops, and tablets in their work (Healthit.gov, nd). The benefits of using eHealth/eMobile is it enables more informed decision making and enhanced quality of care, Save lives through remote consultations, whether urgent or diagnostic, creates more efficient, convenient and most importantly more cost-effective delivery of care and provides greater, and faster,…

Furthermore, World Health Organization (WHO) report of June 2011,shows that western countries (industrialized nation) indeed show more willingness to pursue the ehealth application in the health sector as compared to developing countries that are lower-income nations. Consequently, Australia, United Arab Emirate, Saudi Arabia seems to be one of the few nations that have fully integrated the complete component of eHealth, with countries in the European Union bloc actively trailing behind while…

The panel identified “health systems integration” and “technological transformation via digital health and precision medicine” as two critical areas of healthcare innovation (Naylor, et al., 2015). This report endorsed the use of eHealth to modernize our healthcare system. eHealth is a term used today to describe the application of information and communications technologies (ICT) in the healthcare sector. eHealth initiatives in Canada can play a significant role in mitigating the impact of…

Healthcare accessibility at “Bottom of the Pyramid”: A study of scope of eHealth in India Introduction According to World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Statistics 2013, India has a ratio of 6.5 doctors, 10 nurses and 9 beds per 10,000 people compared to the global average is of 13.9 doctors, 29 nurses and 30 beds. In order to meet the healthcare requirement of its population of 1.25 billion, India needs an additional 1.54 million doctors, 2.4 million nurses and 2.6 million beds. At the…

“The playing field is being leveled” states Thomas Friedman in his bestselling book The world is Flat.1 What Thomas Friedman is referring to is globalization of our world with the advent of new technologies and communications. Gone are the barriers to collaboration as you can now reach out quickly and easily over waters, mountains and boarders to instantly get or send information, collaborate, or market. This leveling has occurred across many industries such as retail, communication and more…

The state of eHealth research in developing countries shows that there is inadequate evaluation of its interventions, little evidence on effectiveness as well as insufficient evidence on health impact (World Health Organization 2011). eHealth interventions in Nigeria are expanding rapidly particularly in respect to maternal and child health with some evidence of behavior change (Priya 2015) however, there is paucity of evidence on its impact in respect to health and particularly eye health. This…