title: "Joining Up" e-Health & e-Care Services: Meeting the Demographic Challenge.
abstract: Substantial demographic changes in the number of elderly in the developed world are forcing a radical re-evaluation of how to deliver care more effectively. "Joined up" multi-disciplinary, multi-agency extended care co-ordination and support service centres are beginning to set the pace towards the establishment of "Virtual Service Utilities". The dual keys to this are the optimizing of end-to-end service process chains and real-time access to comprehensive records and relevant knowledge systems.
authors.affiliation: European Federation for Medical Informatics: Working Group on Planning and Modelling in Healthcare, Mary.McKeon@doh.state.nj.us, Bryan.manning@btinternet.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKeon Stosuy
authors.forename: B R M
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Manning
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans