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Pervasive Health Knowledge Management

Part of the book series: Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age ((Healthcare Delivery Inform. Age))

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The use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to support the achievement of health outcomes has the potential to transform the manner in which health services are delivered. Although there is an increasing number of contributions in e-health research, knowledge in this area remains limited. In this chapter, we discuss current trends in pervasive e-health with the hope that this endeavor will assist e-health scholars channel their research efforts. Having extensively reviewed extant research, we focus on health education, electronic health records (EHR), standardization, and m-health.

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  1. University of Adelaide Business School, The University of Adelaide, 10 Pulteney Street, 5005, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Indrit Troshani

  2. Epworth Chair Health Information Management, School of Business Information Technology and Logistics, RMIT University, 3001, Melbourne VIC, Australia

    Nilmini Wickramasinghe

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    Rajeev Bali

  2. The University of Adelaide Business Scho, Pulteney Street 10, Adelaide, 5005, South Australia, Australia

    Indrit Troshani

  3. Glen Crescent 131, Thornhill, L4J 4W4, Ontario, Canada

    Steve Goldberg

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    Nilmini Wickramasinghe

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Troshani, I., Wickramasinghe, N. (2013). e-Health Trends. In: Bali, R., Troshani, I., Goldberg, S., Wickramasinghe, N. (eds) Pervasive Health Knowledge Management. Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4514-2_6

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