title: The Technological Growth in eHealth Services.
abstract: The infusion of information communication technology (ICT) into health services is emerging as an active area of research. It has several advantages but perhaps the most important one is providing medical benefits to one and all irrespective of geographic boundaries in a cost effective manner, providing global expertise and holistic services, in a time bound manner. This paper provides a systematic review of technological growth in eHealth services. The present study reviews and analyzes the role of four important technologies, namely, satellite, internet, mobile, and cloud for providing health services.
authors.affiliation: RKGIT, 5th Km Stone, Delhi-Meerut Road, Ghaziabad 201001, India.
authors.forename: Shilpa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: IIT Roorkee, Saharanpur Campus, Saharanpur 247001, India.
authors.forename: Millie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and IT4Innovations, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17 Listopadu 15/2172, Poruba, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ajith
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: NIFM, Sector 48, Pali Road, Faridabad, Haryana 121001, India.
authors.forename: Namrata
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D040421:Cell Phone; D000067917:Cloud Computing; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D017215:Satellite Communications; D061108:Social Media; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*