E-Health: Current Situation And Examples Of Implemented & Beneficial E-Health Applications (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics) (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics)

Edited By Ilias Iakovidis, Petra Wilson, And Jean Claude Healy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Title page......Page 1 Foreword......Page 5 Introduction: How We Got Here......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 13 Contents......Page 14 Setting the Scene......Page 17 The Case for eHealth......Page 19 National Infrastructure for eHealth: Considerations for Decision Support......Page 44 Ministerial Declaration......Page 51 National and Regional Health Information Networks......Page 55 Sjunet - The National IT Infrastructure for Healthcare in Sweden......Page 57 Building the Regional eHealth Network. The Andalusian Experience......Page 66 MedCom: Danish Health Care Network......Page 75 HYGEIAnet: the Integrated Regional Health Information Network of Crete......Page 82 Northern Norwegian Health Net......Page 95 North Karelia Regional Chain of Care: Finnish Experiences......Page 110 UUMA Regional eHealth Services in the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS)......Page 117 eHealth Systems and Services for Health Professionals......Page 125 Telemedicine - Contribution of ICT to Health......Page 127 SURGETICA at Grenoble: From Computer Assisted Medical Interventions to Quality Inspired Surgery......Page 133 The Oxford Clinical Intranet: Providing Clinicians with Access to Patient Records and Multiple Knowledge Bases with Internet Technology......Page 146 The Contribution of ICT to Health: The Andalusian Health Network......Page 155 From SARS to Systems: Developing Advanced Knowledge Management for Public Health......Page 165 Empowering Patients and Citizens in Management of Health and Well Being......Page 173 Realizing the Potential of the Internet for Health and Medical Information......Page 175 NHS Direct Online: A Multi-Channel eHealth Service......Page 180 Area Wide Electronic Booking: A Revolution in the Management of Health and Well Being......Page 185 Slovene National Insurance Card System: Connecting Patient and Health Care......Page 190 Sustains - Direct Access for the Patient to the Medical Record over the Internet......Page 198 Advanced Technology Permits the Provision of Advanced Hospital Care in the Patients' Homes......Page 206 Boario Home Care Project......Page 216 User Perspective of DITIS: Virtual Collaborative Teams for Home-Healthcare......Page 221 Industrial and Standardisation Issues......Page 233 eHealth 2003: The Economic and User Perspective......Page 235 Introduction to Industrial Perspectives: eHealth Systems, Past Experiences and Future Prospects......Page 246 e-Health Standardization in Europe: Lessons Learned......Page 249 The Cost Benefit of Electronic Patient Referrals in Denmark: Summary Report......Page 254 The Road Ahead......Page 262 Author Index......Page 267 This publications aims at providing health ministers and the health public sector in general with validated information on which key implementation decisions concerning e-Health may be made. An import issue discussed here is the reinforcement of the implementation and deployment of e-Health systems by European health service providers