title: Sustainable health systems: addressing three key areas.
abstract: In the modern context sustainable health systems are being developed using the newest technological and communication technologies. This is proving to be a great success for the growth of Health Informatics and healthcare improvement. However this revolution is not being reached by a lot of the world population. This paper will address the importance of closing the Digital Divide, Empowerment of health consumers and the importance of converging communications. Key areas in the development of a truly sustainable health system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Science, University of Otago, New Zealand. pchhanabhai@infoscience.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Prajesh N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Chhanabhai
authors.forename: Alec
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benwell
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D003906:Developing Countries; D006266:Health Education; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008490:Medical Informatics