digital applications and sensors to be customized according to the symptoms for the personal health

2.  eHealth- Introduction
 eHealth-
Classification
 Telemedicine
 eHealth data
exchange
 mHealth and
applications
 Tools of ehealth
 Impacts and practices
 Drawbacks and views
 Conclusion
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3. eHealth is the use
of information and
communication
technologies (ICT)
for health.

5. TELEMEDICINE
Tele medicine is the use of
telecommunication and
information technologies to
provide clinical health care at a
distance barriers.
It can improve access to medical
services that would often not be
consistently available in distant
rural communities.

6. One of the factors blocking the use of e-Health tools from
widespread acceptance is the concern about privacy issues
regarding patient records, most specifically the EPR (Electronic
patient record).
 This main concern has to do with the confidentiality of the
data. There is also concern about non-confidential data
however.
Each medical practice has its own jargon and diagnostic tools.
To standardize the exchange of information, various coding
schemes may be used in combination with international medical
standards.
Systems that deal with these transfers are often referred to as
Health Information Exchange (HIE).
E-Health data exchange

8. mHealth The mHealth is the use of information and communication
technology (ICT), such as computers, mobile phones etc.
 mHealth applications include the use of mobile devices in collecting
community and clinical health data, delivery of healthcare
information to practitioners, researchers, and patients, real-time
monitoring of patient vital signs, and direct provision of care (via
mobile telemedicine).
 Some other mHealth technologies include,
 Patient monitoring devices
 Mobile telemedicine/telecare devices
 MP3 players for mLearning
 Microcomputers
 Data collection software
 Mobile Operating System Technology
 Mobile applications (e.g., gamified/social wellness solutions)

10. mHealth Applications

12. TOOLS-
eHealth

17. Why ehealth sometimes fails …,
 Funding – insufficient or misaligned funding incentives.
 Governance – unclear leadership, or conflicts between
stakeholders
 Standardization and interoperability – lack of understanding
that effective standards are critical between national
infrastructure and clinical systems.
 Underestimation of complexity of interoperability: maturity,
adoption, test tools, certification.
 No national project is big enough to sustain significant
standards customization.
 Communication– poor articulation of the need for and
benefits of ehealth

19. Some parting thoughts …
 Ehealth programs are major transformations and require
engagement and support by all.
 Governance is critical – government must walk a fine line
between control and delegation.
 Important to address privacy and consent issues early with
broad input.
 It is essential to ensure clinician involvement throughout the
entire process.
 Build a critical mass of business cases for use of the system –
make sure these are based on real business needs to ensure
adoption and sustainability.
 Adopt data exchange standards early in the program and
ensure they are fully enabled in the interoperability platform
architecture.
 Start small and build incrementally – don’t go for a “big bang”
approach.

20. No nation has yet realized the vision of
patient-centric prevention and disease management,
evidence-based medicine, and ubiquitous provider use of
IT.
What is being built today is just the foundation
for the future IT-enabled healthcare delivery system.
Worldwide, the application of information
and communication technologies to support national
health-care services is rapidly expanding and increasingly
important. This is especially so at a time when all health
systems face stringent economic challenges and greater
demands to provide more and better care, especially to
those most in need.
Conclusion