This document provides an overview of eHealth, including telemedicine, mHealth applications, tools, impacts and challenges of eHealth. It discusses how eHealth uses information and communication technologies for health purposes. Telemedicine allows for clinical care at a distance using telecommunications. mHealth applications involve using mobile devices to collect health data and deliver information to patients and practitioners. While eHealth tools can improve access to care, privacy and data exchange standards are challenges. No nation has fully realized eHealth's vision, but ongoing work is building foundations for future health systems.

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