In recent years, technology has been developed as an important resource for health care
management, especially in regard to chronic conditions. In the broad field of eHealth, mobile …

Background The number of published studies and systematic reviews examining different
telehealth interventions targeting patients and their effects on patients' well-being and …

Developments in information and communication technology have changed the way
healthcare processes are experienced by both patients and healthcare professionals: more …

Optimistic bias defines the tendency for human beings to underrate risk when it pertains to
themselves compared with their view of risk pertaining to other people in the same …

Fertility issues have become critical in the management and counseling of BRCA mutation
carriers. In this setting four points deserve consideration.(1) Women in general lose their …

Objective High rates of non‐adherence to oral medications in breast cancer (BC) patients
have been reported. Here we provide an up‐to‐date systematic review of the interventions …

Personal health record (PHR) systems are a rapidly expanding area in the field of health
information technology which motivates an ongoing research towards their evaluation in …

Purpose Biomedical research is being catalyzed by the vast amount of data rapidly collected
through the application of information technologies (IT). Despite IT advances, the methods …

During the last decade, the number of users who look for health-related information has
impressively increased. On the other hand, health professionals have less and less time to …

Background: Breast cancer is an invalidating disease and its treatment can bring serious
side effects that have a physical and psychological impact. Specifically, cancer treatment …