Critical Issues in Assessing Sustainability and Feasibility of E-health

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Author(s): Nilmini Wickramasinghe (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)and Santosh K. Misra (Cleveland State University, USA)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 6
Source title: Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nilmini Wickramasinghe (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)and Eliezer Geisler (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch043

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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The cost of health care is increasing exponentially worldwide. The adoption and diffusion of e-health and the application of Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) in health care is growing at a rapid rate in an attempt to find cost-effective methods of providing quality health care. Both European and US governments are making e-health a priority on their agendas. However, few, if any, discuss the critical issues of the sustainability and feasibility of e-health models. We attempt to fill this critical void by presenting a macro framework that identifies the key components of a generic e-health system and identifying factors playing a role in the assessment of e-health sustainability.

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