“Modern information and communications technology, or e-health, has already significantly transformed health care in the developed world. The way in which in e-health has also begun to transform health care in the developing world, and the potential for e-health to vastly expand in low- and middle-income countries, was the subject of a National Press Club briefing held Tuesday in Washington, D.C., by Health Affairs. Video and handouts from the briefing will be available soon on the Health Affairs Web site.
In welcoming attendees, Health Affairs Editor in Chief Susan Dentzer cited important existing uses of e-health technologies around the world, such as the use of cell phone-based technologies to track receipt of HIV/AIDS medications in rural clinics in Rwanda. “These things are happening, none of them are imaginary or futuristic, but the potential of all of these technologies is much, much greater,” said Dentzer.”
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Chris Fleming, Health Affairs Blog, 18 February 2010
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