Electronic healthcare: issues and challenges.
The shift in the nation's attention, resources and interest toward internet-related healthcare activities, often called 'e-health', is dramatic and a most significant development in the healthcare environment. E-health, while exciting and promising, also presents new challenges, particularly in regard to acceptable standards, choice of technologies, overcoming traditional jurisdictional boundaries, up-front investment and privacy and confidentiality. This paper presents e-health architecture and various issues and challenges that need to be resolved before e-health becomes commonplace.
Sharma
Sushil K
SK
Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Miller College of Business, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. ssharma@bsu.edu
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Huinan
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Wickramasinghe
Nilmini
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Ahmed
Nazim
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D002202:Capital Financing; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003219:Confidentiality; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017216:Telemedicine