Implementation And Impact Of E-Health Care
Keywords:
ICT, eHealth, healthcare providersAbstract
Health sector is a growing field and health conscience has been a major concern for everyone. Particularly in the health care sector, Information and communication Technology, enabled devices like Smart phones, Tablet PC, Sensors etc are predominantly used for ease of access and use towards decision processing. Application of intelligent agent technology in health care sector pertaining to hospital search & appointment, patient health monitoring and mobile health record can be done by the help of e-health care. Health Information can be used on Online Social Networks provide a novel opportunity to improve public health through effective health information dissemination. Implementation of an integrated system for the delivery of health related services, based on different technologies and devices that allow collecting and displaying data from biomedical sensors, to manage user’s reminders for medicines, and to monitor the patient’s dietary habits. Implementation proves the feasibility of the proposed service, and the possibility to gain users’ adherence and compliance, through proper design criteria. The present paper discusses the challenges and opportunities in ICT implementation in health care.
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