Design implications of e-Health systems for a sustainable growth

The advent of the e-Health paradigm involves radical changes in the methodologies for the design of application of information and communication technologies to health systems. This paradigm places the citizen in the center of the healthcare, what represents new challenges regarding both the healthc...

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Published in:Health and technology 2016-06, Vol.6 (1), p.7-9
Main Authors: Roa, Laura M., Reina-Tosina, Javier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and Medical Physics
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
Biomedicine
Biophysics
Chronic illnesses
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Design
Engineering
Evidence-based medicine
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health care
Medical equipment
Medicine/Public Health
Modularity
Original Paper
Patients
Personal health
Preventive medicine
R & D/Technology Policy
R&D
Research & development
Social Implications of Technology
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Summary:The advent of the e-Health paradigm involves radical changes in the methodologies for the design of application of information and communication technologies to health systems. This paradigm places the citizen in the center of the healthcare, what represents new challenges regarding both the healthcare process, which is moved from a centralized hospital-based model to a distributed and ubiquitous care, and the way technologies need to be applied to make this shift possible. In particular, special attention must be paid to interoperability in order to yield sustainable systems. This paper explores some of the major implications, focusing on the differences between the traditional design-engineering approaches and the methodologies required for the efficient application of the e-Health paradigm.
ISSN:2190-7188
2190-7196
DOI:10.1007/s12553-016-0124-8