E-Health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine: A Guide to Startup and SuccessJohn Wiley & Sons, 2002 M02 28 - 400 pages E-Health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine is a hands-on resource that shows how communication technologies can be designed, implemented, and managed to help health care professionals expand and transform their organizations. Step by step the authors reveal how to introduce innovative communication tools to a wide range of health care settings. This indispensable book contains a wealth of information, suggestions, and advice about program development, ethical, legal and regulatory issues, and and technical options. |
Contents
| 1 | |
2 From Telemedicine and Telehealth to EHealth | 27 |
3 Telecommunication Technologies in Health Care | 47 |
4 Clinical Applications | 71 |
5 Special Settings | 99 |
6 Computerization of Medical Records and EHealth Services | 129 |
7 Privacy Confidentiality Security and Data Integrity | 145 |
8 Legal and Ethical Issues | 169 |
12 Visions into the Future of Health Care | 273 |
Appendix A Tips from the Experts | 295 |
Appendix B Vendor Agreements A Primer | 303 |
Appendix C Videoconferencing Room Requirements and Etiquette | 307 |
Glossary | 315 |
Resources | 327 |
References | 335 |
Subject Index | 361 |
9 Malpractice and Risk Management | 191 |
10 A Beginners Blueprint How to Get Started | 215 |
11 Research Issues Methods and Outcomes | 255 |
Name Index | 373 |
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