Background eHealth has an enormous potential to improve healthcare cost, effectiveness,
and quality of care. However, there seems to be a gap between the foreseen benefits of …

Abstract The National Academy of Medicine has long advocated for a “learning healthcare
system” that produces constantly updated reference data during the care process. Moving …

The success of telehealth could be undermined if serious privacy and security risks are not
addressed. For example, sensors that are located in a patient's home or that interface with …

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate factors that influence the adoption and use
of e-Health applications in Bangladesh from citizens'(patients') perspectives by extending …

Background Nowadays, a number of mechanisms and tools are being used by health care
organizations and physicians to electronically exchange the personal health information of …

Background Health information exchange (HIE), the ability for health information technology
(HIT) to share patient data, can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare; …

Background and objective: Sharing of medical data is required to enable the cross-agency
flow of healthcare information and construct high-accuracy computer-aided diagnosis …

Health information exchanges (HIEs) are healthcare information technology efforts designed
to foster coordination of patient care across the fragmented US healthcare system. Their …

Large amounts of personal health data are being collected and made available through
existing and emerging technological media and tools. While use of these data has …

Background: Personal health records (PHRs) and the sharing of health information through
health information exchange (HIE) have been advocated as key new components in the …