1. The new Way Yaseen Hayajneh, RN, MPH, PhD
eHealth
The new Way
Yaseen Hayajneh, RN, MPH, PhD

2. What is eHealth?
eHealth is about conducting health business electronically
eHealth is the combined use of electronic communication and IT in the health sector for
Clinical
Educational
Administrative purposes

3. eHealth: Definitions
“Any & all aspects of the use of computers & telecommunications technology, especially the Internet, for health purposes”.
An emerging field referring to the organization and delivery of health services and information using the Internet and related technologies.

4. What is eHealth?
In a broader sense, the term characterizes not only a technical development, but also a new way of working, an attitude, and a commitment for networked, global thinking, to improve health care locally, regionally, and worldwide by using information and communication technology (adapted from Eysenbach)

5. eHealth: Definitions
“A means of applying new low cost electronic technologies, such as `web enabled’ transactions, advanced networks and new design approaches, to healthcare delivery”
E-Health provides the backbone for the reengineering of health systems

6. AMIA’s Definition of eHealth
e-Health is the use of information technology to transform health through health care systems that are equitable, safe, effective, efficient, patient-centered, timely, & equitable.

7. Need for e-Health Rising cost of healthcare
Need to improve patient safety
Changes in patient / consumer expectations
Ageing populations
Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

8. The 10 E’s in e-Health Efficiency: Enhancing Quality Evidence based
Leading to reduced costs - E.g. by avoiding duplicate or unnecessary interventions
Enhancing Quality
Ex. Comparisons between providers making it easier to identify best practice
Evidence based
Empowerment of consumers and patients
Encouragement of new relationship – based on partnership

9. The 10 E’s of e-Health Education of both clinicians and consumers
Enabling:
Enabling information exchange between healthcare providers
Extending
Extending the scope of healthcare
Ethics
Equity
Source: Gunther Eysenbach (2001)