E-health is a "term that now seems to serve as a general buzzword to characterize not only Internet medicine; but virtually everything related to computers and medicine," according to the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
The paper outlines what sufficient funding and government co-operation could accomplish by 2015 by employing information technology to enable more effective use of health care facilities, especially during a time when an aging population is bound to stress the system's capacity.
Instead of an electronic system, we keep putting pen to paper and putting patients' lives at risk.
Competent and well-trained health-care workers are essential, but so is complete, timely information. Something we don't have.
If the Ontario government wants to get the biggest bang for its medical buck, it should invest in e-Health, says the head of the association representing Ontario's 156 public hospitals. Funding electronic medical health records is an investment that would bring the best yield over time, said Hilary Short.
Weiterlesen: Canada: Ontario: Hospital leader promotes e-Health
Establishing electronic medical records (EMR) in doctors’ offices will be high priority for the Canada Health Infoway over the next decade, superceded only by the goal of establishing an electronic health record for all Canadians and launching a public health surveillance system.
Weiterlesen: Canada: More automation for doctors' office a must