Kadda A. International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 5(4)
The aim of this study is to look into the social utility of personalised electronic health using the home-based healthcare as a case study. For this purpose research was carried out based on a review of the literature, resulting in a drawing of the following conclusions:
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FHS eSociety Blog
“Eine neue Publikation der Europäischen Kommission beschäftigt sich mit dem Einsatz von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) für personalisierte Gesundheitsanwendungen: “A healthy approach: Technology for personalised, preventative healthcare“.
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Alan Davies, Science Business
“Around the world, the idea of personalised healthcare, in which, broadly speaking, a combination of preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures provide more precision to healthcare management and clinical outcomes – is gaining ground.
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Bonacina S et al, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2010
Within the arising and fast growing trend of the personalized healthcare, the promising Personalized Health Informatics (PHI) asks to be understood, modelled, implemented, and tested. The central idea of “keeping healthy lifestyle”, that grounds the development of PHI systems, needs to be extended to the digital family group, where the middle generation (the “parents”) manages the responsibility of taking care and improving the health of the weaker members (children and grandparents).
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Sarah Bruce, e-Health Insider Primary Care
“The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has launched a public consultation on the ethical issues related to online healthcare, telemedicine and commercial medical profiling technologies.
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The Economist
Today the Economist publishes a special issue on health care and technology “Medicine goes Digital”. The content has also been published on their website, and following are links to and excerpt from all articles.
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“It has been correctly said, “To err is human, but to really mess up requires a computer.” Another saying goes: “If it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done.”
Gone are the days of business on a handshake. Discussing computers and documentation in a medical column may be a bit odd, but bear with me. It is highly relevant.
As an “insider” in the field of medicine, I see things the public does not. Many actions that directly affect the quality of care you receive as a patient go unappreciated because they are behind the scenes. During my 30-plus years in medicine I have seen monumental shifts in the way care is delivered. Most changes have been beneficial, some questionable and a few unequivocally detrimental.”
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Richard T. Bosshardt, Orlando Sentinel, 30 November 2008
“Moore’s Law is the force behind the biggest trend in health care, personalized health care. Instead of guessing about what you should do based on test results when you get sick, doctors prescribe lifestyle changes beforehand, based on genetic knowledge.”
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Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare, 20 May 2008
“Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt today described the government’s role in developing a new generation of personalized health care, emphasizing health information technology as a keystone of that effort. ”
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Nancy Ferris, Government Health IT, 19 September 2007
