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1. The WHO almost in May 2005, at its fifty-eighth
Session adopted a resolution, “WHA58.28”
establishing an eHealth Strategy for the World
Health Organization

2. INTERPLAY OF THE CMC AND THE EHEALTH:
• inexpensiveness to access
• browser technologies that makes use of the
Internet easy
• democratic fundamentals that let internet
participants share their messages
• the ability to send information long
distances in a minimum time
• ICT technologies that increase healthcare
information system functionality

3. SCHOLARS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS DIVIDE
THREE GROUP OF eHealth USERS:
• ePatients
• Online Pharmacies
• Medical Institutions

4. ePatient - who access CMC and the Internet for health
and healthcare information
American adults look online for health information
2000 2009
60%
25%
Fox, S., & Jones, S. (2009). The Social Life of Health Information. Retrieved from Pew Research Center’s
Internet & American Life Project website: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-
of-Health-Information/01-Summary-of-Findings.aspx

5. Online Pharmacy – pharmacists and pharmacy
networks that specialize in selling medications and
prescriptions by using CMC technologies via the
Internet
66% of WHO members have no
legislation either by allowing or
prohibiting Internet pharmacy
operations
Clauson K., & Vieira, K. (2011). Safety and Security on the Internet: Challenges and
Advances in Member States. Switzerland: WHO Press.

6. Medical Institutions - use the Internet to communicate with
patients and to collaborate with colleagues from other
medical organizations
The study of the Web 2.0 (blogging, RSS, social networking, creating
online content etc.) uses by medical-related organizations
Medical Institutions use WEB 2.0 Medical Institutions do not use WEB 2.0
53%
47%
Chu, S., Woo, M., King, R. B., Choi, S., Cheng, M., & Koo, P. (2012). Examining the application of Web 2.0 in
medical‐related organisations. Health Information And Libraries Journal, 29(1), 47-60.