Few industries match the scale of health care. In the United States alone, an estimated 85%
of the population has at least 1 health care encounter annually and at least one quarter of …

Background As the population is aging, the number of persons living with multiple chronic
conditions (MCC) is expected to increase. This review seeks to answer two research …

The rise of digital health technologies is, for some, a panacea to many of the medical and
public health challenges we face today. This is the first book to articulate a critical response …

This handbook presents the science and practice of eHealth evaluation based on empirical
evidence gathered over many years within the health informatics discipline. The handbook …

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

Qualitative research, the analysis of nonquantitative and nonquantifiable data through
methods such as interviews and observation, is integral to the field of biomedical and health …

Exceptional situations require exceptional measures. Faced with the magnitude of the health
risks caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, national governments …

Patients are tracking and generating an increasingly large volume of personal health data
outside the clinic due to an explosion of wearable sensing and mobile health (mHealth) …

Background: The Internet and eHealth technologies represent new opportunities for
managing health. Age, sex, socioeconomic status, and current technology use are some of …

Human factors/ergonomics recognises work as embedded in and shaped by levels of social,
physical and organisational context. This study investigates the contextual or …