Digital Health: Meeting Patient and Professional Needs Online

ISBN-13: 9780805851793 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 238 str.

Barrie Gunter;Gunter

Opis

This book is concerned with the provision of health information remotely via the latest communications technologies. The rapidly aging population has led governments to seek more effective methods of maintaining high standards of public health through the cultivation of healthy living, as well as improved and more efficiently delivered health advice and diagnostic services. Experiments with remote provision of health information and transactional services have been piloted to assess in this context the efficacy of new communications technologies, such as personal computers linked to the Internet, interactive digital television in the home, and electronically networked touch-screen kiosks in public locations. Such developments represent part of a wider agenda - through electronic government - to cultivate more dynamic democracies and involve citizens of a time of growing political alienation.

Recenzje

"Gunter's book manages to compile a large amount of resources into a brief but thought-provoking tool for anyone interested in telehealth. The book is an excellent introduction into the area and provides readers with a good foundation on what technologies and programs are being used by other countries....readers have access to research on what could make telehealth programs successful and why."

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Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Public Services Online. The Need for Digital Health. Health and Medicine Online: A Diversity of Applications. Digital Health on the Web. Digital Health Via Kiosks. Digital Health on Television: Early Adoption and Use. Digital Health on Television: Service Usability and User Psychology. Digital Health: Perceived Benefits and Health Impact. Digital Health: Public Confidence and Trust in Sources. The Future Potential of Digital Health.

O autorze

Barrie Gunter