Electronic Health (eHealth) is the intersection of Information Technology (IT) and the healthcare industry, where the detection, usage, efficent transmission, storage, and retrieval of information concerning human health are of top priorities. Other objectives of eHealth are based on the design and management of health-related information resources, devices and methods to achieve higher Quality of Service (QoS) with lower costs while preserving security and anonymity of health information.

 

The domain of eHealth coverage is currently evolving, which includes the following main areas:

-   Health Systems and Infrastructures
-   Healthcare Standards
-   Mobile Health (mHealth)
-   Electronic Health Records (EHR)
-   Telemedicine
-   Healthcare Information Sytems
-   Cloud Computing

-   International eHealth Standards (Australian, Canadian, American, European)

o   Government-based eHealth Initiatives (Department of Health and Ageing, Australia, Health Canada, FDA)

o   International standards for accountability and QoS supports

o   IEEE-based medical standards: IEEE P11073: Standard Draft Health Informatics

o   Healthcare standards messaging systems (e.g., HL7)

-   eHealth supports for mental health

-   eHealth and telemedicine

-   eHealth and public health

-   eHealth and Mobile Health (mHealth)

-        eHealth and Cloud Computing

-   Reactive and proactive medicine and eHealth

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