Title page -- Foreword -- Introduction: How We Got Here -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Setting the Scene -- The Case for eHealth -- National Infrastructure for eHealth: Considerations for Decision Support -- Ministerial Declaration -- National and Regional Health Information Networks -- Sjunet - The National IT Infrastructure for Healthcare in Sweden -- Building the Regional eHealth Network. The Andalusian Experience -- MedCom: Danish Health Care Network -- HYGEIAnet: the Integrated Regional Health Information Network of Crete -- Northern Norwegian Health Net -- North Karelia Regional Chain of Care: Finnish Experiences -- UUMA Regional eHealth Services in the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) -- eHealth Systems and Services for Health Professionals -- Telemedicine - Contribution of ICT to Health -- SURGETICA at Grenoble: From Computer Assisted Medical Interventions to Quality Inspired Surgery -- The Oxford Clinical Intranet: Providing Clinicians with Access to Patient Records and Multiple Knowledge Bases with Internet Technology -- The Contribution of ICT to Health: The Andalusian Health Network -- From SARS to Systems: Developing Advanced Knowledge Management for Public Health -- Empowering Patients and Citizens in Management of Health and Well Being -- Realizing the Potential of the Internet for Health and Medical Information -- NHS Direct Online: A Multi-Channel eHealth Service -- Area Wide Electronic Booking: A Revolution in the Management of Health and Well Being -- Slovene National Insurance Card System: Connecting Patient and Health Care -- Sustains - Direct Access for the Patient to the Medical Record over the Internet -- Advanced Technology Permits the Provision of Advanced Hospital Care in the Patients' Homes -- Boario Home Care Project -- User Perspective of DITIS: Virtual Collaborative Teams for Home-Healthcare.

Industrial and Standardisation Issues -- eHealth 2003: The Economic and User Perspective -- Introduction to Industrial Perspectives: eHealth Systems, Past Experiences and Future Prospects -- e-Health Standardization in Europe: Lessons Learned -- The Cost Benefit of Electronic Patient Referrals in Denmark: Summary Report -- The Road Ahead -- Author Index.

This publication provides health ministers and the public sector in general with validated information on which key implementation decisions concerning e-health may be made. An import issue discussed here is the reinforcement of the implementation and deployment of e-health systems by European health service providers. e-Health systems and services are looked at from a user perspective; the citizen, the patient, the healthcare professional, the hospital manager and the pubic health authority. This volume consists of the following sections: national and regional health information networks; e-health systems and services for health professionals; empowering patients and citizens in management for public health; and industrial and standardization issues.

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